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India 
Develops 
10-Second 
HIV Test 

NEW DELHI, Sept. 14 
(UPI) - India has developed a 
blood test capable of detecting 
the human immunodeficiency 
virus in less than ten seconds, 
a news agency reported 
Thursday, September 14. 

The quick and inexpensive 
test will be valuable in a coun¬ 
try that is poised to have the 
world’s largest HIV-positive 
population by the year 2000. 

Scientists at Delhi 
University in the Indian capi¬ 
tal developed the one-step 
AIDS test that requires only a 
drop of blood from the indi¬ 
vidual being tested, the Press 
Trust of India said. 

Once the drop of blood is 
mixed with a chemical 
reagent, the red blood cells 
will clump together in a matter 
of seconds to indicate HIV- 
infected blood. 

Scientists said the test can 
be conducted anywhere, since 
it does not require special 
equipment or electrical power; 
that is an asset in India where 
most of the population resides 
in rural villages. 

“The rapidity and simplici¬ 
ty are the main virtues of this 
test,” said VIjay Chaudhary, 
one of the scientists who dis¬ 
covered the AIDS test. 

Chaudhary expects the test 
to be invaluable to India’s 
blood banks, which usually 
are not able to screen donated 
blood for deadly viruses 
because they lack the neces¬ 
sary equipment. 

The scientists hope to 
make the test available in a 
year, the news report said. T 


Hot Time! SoMa in the City! 


by Mister Marcus 

Leather Pride Week, the International Mr. 
Drummer Contest finals, and the Folsom 
Street Fair are the highlights of this week¬ 
end. Every available room in hotels, tables at 
restaurants, and other venues will be bulging 
at the seams until Monday morning. 

Drummer magazine celebrates its 20th 
anniversary with a special edition out on the 
stands now; the 15th Mr. Drummer will be 
chosen at Pleasuredome on Saturday after¬ 
noon; and the 12th annual Folsom Street 
Fair is Sunday. Last Sunday was the fourth 
annual Leatherwalk to raise money for the 
AIDS Emergency Fund. 

Leather Pride Week culminates the 
efforts of thousands of leather and non¬ 
leather volunteers in San Francisco who 
have pulled together in the past two months 
to make this week a resounding success for 
hedonists of the leather persuasion and all its 
offshoots, and to raise thousands of dollars 
for worthy charities in the San Francisco 
Bay Area. 

Continued on page 50 



The Scarlet Empress: Helping to kick off Leather Pride Week last Sunday were Empress Donna 
Sachet (center), in a bright red leather minidress, and accompanying slave. The two marched, 
along with many others, in the fourth annual Leatherwalk, from Daddy's in the Castro to the SF- 
Eagle SoMa. The event is a fundraiser for the AIDS Emergency Fund. 


Ryan White Bill Zips Through House 



Burr in Jesse's britches: Richard 
Burr (R-NC). 


by Bob Roehr 

Ryan White CARE Act reauthorization went to the 
floor of the U.S. House of Representative on Monday, 
September 18 - not with a bang, but a whimper. The 
slickest of parliamentary maneuvers, a “suspended 
calendar” that does not allow amendments, whisked it 
through in little more than a half hour. The measure 
passed on a voice vote in a nearly empty chamber. 

No Jesse Helms-like “no promo homo” amend¬ 
ments were attached. That means a strong likelihood 
Helms’s language will be stripped in the House- 
Senate conference to resolve differences between the 
two versions of the bill. 

The procedures were “a realization on the part of 
the House [Republican] leadership that the debate on 
the floor could have been ugly,” said Winnie 
Stachelberg, lobbyist with the Human Rights 
Campaign Fund (HRCF). “And that was not what 
they wanted.” 

“Quite honestly, in light of the Dole check and the 
controversy it caused, I don’t think they wanted any of 
the loonies like [California GOP Representative 
Robert] Doman getting up there ranting and raving,” 


echoed David Greer, spokesman for Log Cabin 
Republicans. “I don’t think they can afford it. 

“I really do think this Dole thing has had repercus¬ 
sions. They don’t want to he seen as gay bashing. And 
especially on this piece of legislation, whife really 
isn’t about it [gay issues], but the loonies would turn 
it into that.” 

“You don’t single out anyone for discrimination - 
gay Americans, people of color, women - by denying 
them access to a service that others are entitled to,” 
said Stachelberg. That education message has gotten 
through to moderate Republicans and Democrats. 

She cited North Carolina freshman Republican 
Richard Burr “whose state delegation is led by Jesse 
Helms, who can turn around and reject that hateful 
rhetoric and personal agenda, and go out there and 
speak in support of the CARE Act.” Burr spoke in 
favor of Ryan White during the twenty minutes allot¬ 
ted each party to “debate” the bill. 

The testing issue 

“Outside of the testing issue, we are pretty pleased 
with the results,” said Troy Petenbrink, spokesman for 

Continued on page 10 


China Platform Excludes Lesbians 

Vatican denounces 'preoccupation with sexual issues' 


by Ruth Youngblood 

The Fourth U.N. World Conference on 
Women adopted a broad agenda for sexual 
equality Friday, September 15, but capitulated 
to demands leaving implementation up to sov¬ 
ereign states with “various religious and ethical 
values.” 

After 12 days of bickering and negotiating 
tradeoffs, the plenary session adopted the 
Beijing Declaration and “Platform of Action” 
aimed at boosting women’s economic standing, 
protecting them from violence, safeguarding 
their health, securing sexual and reproductive 
rights, and enhancing empowerment. 

Although the non-binding agenda was 
adopted by consensus, reservations were 
announced by 42 countries and the Vatican. 

The majority of reservations, from Islamic 
nations and those predominantly Catholic, 
focused on a section stating women have the 
right to control over their bodies and to “decide 
freely and responsibly on matters related to 
their sexuality, including sexual and reproduc¬ 
tive health, free of coercion, discrimination. 


and violence.” 

Also decried was the shared responsibility 
for sexual behavior. Most noted their national 
legislation or culture prohibits sexual relation¬ 
ships outside of marriage, and there is no refer¬ 
ence to nuptials in the disputed text. 

Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem 
Brundtland said it is important to view the sov¬ 
ereignty section “in a way that does not imply” 
a loophole. 

“It’s up to sovereign states to implement the 
principles,” she told a news conference. 

“Not every question can find an answer at a 
big international conference that has achieved 
so much,” Brundtland said. 

The Vatican and Islamic countries had 
insisted on the reference to “various religious 
and ethical values, cultural backgrounds, and 
philosophical convictions of individuals and 
their communities” as circumstances to take 
into account. 

Philippines Senator Leticia Ramos-Shahni, 
spokeswoman for the Group of 77 developing 
countries and China, put it bluntly. 

“It was meant to show the platform was not 


going to dictate to member states how women 
are to be treated in matters of reproductive 
health and other areas,” Ramos-Shahni said. “It 
takes the sensibilities of cultures into account.” 

Dykes and damns 

Negotiators also scrapped all four references 
to “sexual orientation” and removed “sexual 
rights and reproduction” from the declaration 
of main points to secure the backing of conser¬ 
vatives. 

Appeals to retain the text acknowledging 
lesbians face discrimination came from the 
United States, Canada, Spain on behalf of the 
European Union, New Zealand, Israel, 
Switzerland, Slovenia, Cuba, Barbados, and 
South Africa. 

But representatives of Benin, Egypt, Iran, 
Ecuador, Libya, Syria, Jordan, Uganda, Belize, 
Kuwait, Senegal, Ghana, Bangladesh, Cote 
d’Ivoire, Algeria, Sudan, Nigeria, and 
Guatemala angrily denounced it. Islamic coun¬ 
tries said homosexuality was legally and cultur¬ 
ally forbidden in their homelands and refer- 
Continued on page 26 



INSIDE THIS WEEK 


BarTalk. 46 

Calendar.48 

Classifieds.......27 

Sapphistication.10 

GLAAD... 12 

Letters........7 

Mr. Marcus...1 

Obituaries...20 

Open Forum. 6 

Out There.....,,............34 

Personals.............54 

Watch.............24 

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ACT UP at OrchidMania Zaps 
Berkeley Mayor ‘Mean Dean’ 

Housing discussed at Task Force meeting tonight 



Photo: Jane Philomen Cleland 


Leaner and meaner: ACT UP/East Bay's John Iversen transformed him¬ 
self into "Mayor Mean" to confront Berkeley's mayor over AIDS housing 
in that city. 


by Mary Ann Swissler 

Citing a stubborn refusal to 
fund AIDS housing in Berkeley, 
ACT UP/East Bay sent its politi¬ 
cal guru “Mayor Mean” to hand- 
deliver a message to Mayor 
Shirley Dean last Saturday, 
September 16. 

Mean - in reality, ACT UP’s 
John Iversen - confronted Dean 
during her appearance at the 
OrchidMania fundraiser for grass¬ 
roots AIDS organizations world¬ 
wide, and demanded to know, 
“Who is this impostor?” 

“/ am the Mayor of Berkeley!” 
added Iversen, whose sensible 
blue-and-white polka dot dress 
and brown hairstyle was designed 
by drag artist Trauma Flintstone. 
“I am leaner and meaner!” 

Mayor Dean appeared shocked 
by - but remained composed 
throughout - the “zap,” which 
lasted just over a minute. 
Although Iversen nearly drowned 
out her scripted speech. Dean 
managed to get a few words in to 
thank OrchidMania volunteers 
and organizers for bringing the 
fundraiser to Berkeley. She then 
accepted a yellow orchid plant 
from OrchidMania’s president, 
Doug Thompson. 

Meanwhile, “Mayor Mean” 
shouted, “I don’t like PWAs! 
People with AIDS don’t belong in 
Berkeley!” to protest the fate of 
Rose House, a proposed North 
Berkeley home for people with 
HIV/AIDS that was rejected by 
the city council. The six-bed facil¬ 
ity would have been operated by 
the non-profit housing group 
Resources for Community 
Development but was rejected in 
May, after heated community 
debate. 

After the zap. Dean denied to 
the Bay Area Reporter that she or 
anyone in city government was 
holding up the construction of a 
permanent housing facility for 
people with HIV/AIDS in 
Berkeley. “We are going to have 
AIDS housing,” she vowed, as a 
result of the AIDS Housing 
Advisory Task Force that con¬ 
vened last May. Unfortunately, 
Iversen said, the task force will 
have met only three times over the 
entire summer - including the 
meeting scheduled for tonight, 
Thursday, September 21. 

Its final report, with a list of 
recommendations, is due out 
December 15. 


Scream iff it 
doesn’t happen 

According to member Michael 
Tinker, one of three HIV-positive 
people who have filed a HUD fair 
housing complaint over the loss of 
Rose House, tonight’s task force 
meeting will include a discussion 
of a recently completed county¬ 
wide needs assessment. 

As always, the issue of sup¬ 
portive housing for people with 
HIV/AIDS promises to top the 
list. 

Tinker sounded guardedly 
optimistic in an interview with the 
Bay Area Reporter , acknowledg¬ 
ing that the bitterness between 
AIDS housing activists and the 
city council could still erupt when 
the task force’s proposal wends its 
way before the council. “My 
stance is to support Shirley 
[Deanj’s effort - and to scream if 
it doesn’t come to fruition,” he 
said. 

“I agree completely that 
Shirley made a grievous error in 
voting down Rose House. 
However, since that vote she is at 
least moving in the right direction 
and it’s too early yet to say what’s 
going to come of the Housing 
Advisory Task Force.” 


Berkeley recently opened up 
12 beds for HIV/AIDS patients 
who are substance abusers at the 
New Bridge Foundation, although 
Iversen said the arrangement is 
not permanent. 

One future possibility for PWA 
housing is to use what Tinker 
called “a glut of condos” that 
Berkeley has already paid for, 
through a for-profit subsidy pro¬ 
gram. “Basically they are sitting 
empty,” he said, adding that with 
the community politics integral to 
the Berkeley City Council’s vote 
on AIDS housing, “It remains to 
be seen. First you have to name 
your site - and then see what kind 
of opposition you get.” 

As for the priority Berkeley is 
placing on permanent AIDS hous¬ 
ing, which could possibly resur¬ 
rect its image as a city that cares. 
Tinker told the B.A.R. that with 
the pressure on, the city council 
has little choice but to expedite the 
matter. 

“The city has two pressure 
points on them: they’ve got a 
HUD complaint, which HUD does 
not take lightly,” he said, “and 
they’ve got to figure out how to 
spend $500,000 [in block grants] 
if they get it.” T 


Gay Church To Hold Panel 
On ‘Ex-Gay’ Ministries Saturday 


by Jaime Cader 

On Saturday, September 23, 
the Freedom In Christ Evangelical 
Church will present a free panel 
discussion on “ex-gay” ministries, 
as a continuation of last week’s 
showing of the film One Nation 
Under God. 

That film documentary, a huge 
success at the 1993 San Francisco 
Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, 
examines the underlying social 
and cultural reasons that have 
caused some gay men and les¬ 
bians to attempt to change their 
sexual orientation. The film also 
attempts to dispel the harmful 
myth that gays are damaged indi¬ 
viduals who need to be “repaired.” 

The panel will include John 
Evans and Stefani Cort, both of 
whom are featured in the film; 


Chuck Johnston, an active mem¬ 
ber of the Diablo Valley 
Metropolitan Community Church; 
Elizabeth Storbo of Canada, who 
was formerly involved with 
Exodus International, an interna¬ 
tional ex-gay ministry; and Rik 
Isensee, a clinical social worker 
and author of Love Between Men. 
Isensee is familiar with reparative 
therapy techniques used by ex-gay 
ministries. 

In reference to the upcoming 
panel discussion. Bill Byrd, one of 
the pastors of the Freedom In 
Christ Church, said, “We are 
working for reconciliation. We do 
not want to confront the religious 
right with anger.” 

According to gay political 
activist Paul Bernardino, ex-gay 
ministries came to San Francisco 
in the early 1970s; by 1977 Love 


In Action became affiliated with 
Exodus International and was 
holding regular meetings at the 
19th Avenue Baptist Church. 
During these years gays began to 
organize in order to counteract the 
work of these ministries. 

A culminating event was the 
Polk Street rebellion of 1979, in 
which people came out of the bars 
and residences to protest against 
the massive activity of the S.O.S. 
coalition in the Polk Gulch neigh¬ 
borhood. 

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Local Lesbian Doc Survives 
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A glass shard from a patio win¬ 
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medicine and AIDS expert Dr. 
Lisa Capaldini in a freak accident 
Sunday, September 10. According 
to witnesses, Capaldini had basi¬ 
cally “exsanguinated” - bled to 
death - and arrived at San 
Francisco General Hospital in the 
stage of death known as “electro¬ 
mechanical dissociation.” But 
despite gossip now making the 
rounds, the accident did not hap¬ 
pen at mayoral candidate Roberta 
Achtenberg’s house. 

“They said I had no pulse, no 
blood pressure and I looked gray,” 
Capaldini said. 

Capaldini’s return to the living 
is being proclaimed as a miracle 
by people not prone to such wild 
claims. 

“She was about as dead as she 
could be,” Dr. Michael Hickey 
told a San Francisco Examiner 
reporter. 

Capaldini, a well-known and 
highly respected local healer and 
partner of lesbian political activist 
Ann McCoy, said the unexpected 
calamity that almost cost her life 
happened suddenly and without 
warning. She was joining McCoy 
and other guests on the balcony of 
a Diamond Heights residence 
when she walked into a plate glass 
window. 

“I bonked into it with my head. 
It shattered and a shard of glass 
landed on the inside part of my 
thigh,” Capaldini said. “I started 
having very impressive pulsative 
bleeding.” 

Capaldini realized that a shard 
of untempered glass from the win¬ 
dow had completely severed her 
femoral artery and that she was 
gravely bleeding. She barely man¬ 
aged to give her partner instruc¬ 
tions before she lapsed into 
unconsciousness. 

“I told Ann to tell the emer¬ 
gency room I had O-negative 
blood, to keep the pressure on, and 
that I was going to black out. 


Gay African-American 
Leader Gene Suttle Dies 


Excellence is what you should expect! 


by Dennis Conkin 

Longtime San Francisco resi¬ 
dent, social worker, and 
Redevelopment Agency senior 
deputy executive director Gene 
Suttle died Monday, September 
18 of an AIDS-related illness. 

An openly gay African- 
American leader, Suttle was also 
active in a number of civic and 
community groups, including the 
Audrey Smith Development 
Center and Liberation House, a 
recovery program for African- 
Americans. He also served a term 
as the District Chairman of the 
Golden Gate District of the Boy 
Scouts of America. 

“Gene Suttle was a really fine 
person,” SF Redevelopment 
Commission President John 
Kouba told the B.A.R. “We were 
close friends. Gene did not retire 
until the end of 1994. 

“He would have been the next 
Executive Director of the 
Redevelopment Agency if he had 
not been forced to retire because 
of his health,” Kouba said. 

Born in Chandler, Oklahoma 
in 1935, Suttle moved to San 
Francisco in 1946 and lived with 
his parents, a brother, and a sister, 
initially in the South of Market 


Gay African-American activist 
Gene Suttle. 


area. In 1948 the family moved to 
the Noe Valley area of Castro 
Street. 

Suttle attended Everett and James 
Lick Jr. High Schools, and was stu¬ 
dent editor of West Wing , the 
Mission High School newspaper. He 
attended the University of California 
at Berkeley, where he obtained an 
undergraduate degree and was 

Continued on page 15 


“Then I blacked out.” 

‘God has other plans’ 

Paramedics transported the SF 
Medical Society board member to 
San Francisco General Hospital’s 
world-famous trauma unit, where 
emergency surgeon Dr. Michael 
Hickey - ironically, a former 
teacher of Capaldini’s - and vas¬ 
cular sur¬ 


geon Dr. 
Peggy 
Knudson 
operated 
for eight 
hours to 
save her. 

“They 
really 
saved her 
life,” 
S F G H 
critical 

Back from the dead: c / re uait 
Dr. Lisa Capaldini. family 
nurse 
Carol 

Fink said bluntly. “I’m not much 
of a religious person, but she was 
so near death, and to have her 
come back. I really do believe that 
God has other plans for her.” 

After hours of intricate vascu¬ 
lar and muscle surgery to repair 
muscle, nerves, and blood vessels, 
doctors said Capaldini will be 
well on her way to complete 
recovery - and walking - in about 
a month. 

“It’s great to be alive,” 
Capaldini said. “I’m taking little 
baby steps.” 

Capaldini said she did not see 
the mythic white light of death 
during her experience, but “I cer¬ 
tainly felt a lot of energy. A lot of 
caring and love.” 

Capaldini also reported that 
even as she was aware of a “great 
force” of caring that surrounded 
her, she was aware of her “nerd 
mind” trying to make sense of 
what she was hearing in the oper¬ 
ating room while she was under 
the anesthetic. 

“I remember thinking, ‘Am I 
dying? What should I do?”’ she 


said. 

But what Capaldini remembers 
best about the awful experience is 
the state-of-the-art medical and 
nursing care she received at San 
Francisco General- and the con¬ 
cern and response of her friends, 
patients, and community. 

She says she’s especially 
appreciative about the supportive 
care her partner Ann received 
from SFGH hospital staff during 
the ordeal. 

“Any gay or lesbian person has 
concerns about being in a hospi¬ 
tal,” she said. “People treated Ann 
with such great tenderness and 
respect.” 

Capaldini said her major inter¬ 
est in speaking with the press 
about the bizarre incident was to 
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and to reassure her patients and 
friends - and to ask people to 
make a life-saving donation. 

“It’s a great hospital. I’d really 
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A Foster City gay man with HIV infection has filed 
a same-sex sexual harassment and invasion of privacy 
lawsuit in San Mateo County Superior Court, against 
Midwest Express Airlines and a former supervisor. 

The lawsuit, filed August 10 by Bradley Tanzman, 
32, alleges that Peter Klebenow, his former supervisor 
for the San Diego office of the airline, sexually 
assaulted him. Specifically, it alleges that Klebenow 
performed oral sex on him while he was asleep in the 
supervisor’s hotel room on the night of June 7, 1991, 
during a three-week training conference at the compa¬ 
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According to Tanzman’s attorney Jeffrey Sloan, 
the incident occurred after a dinner and drinks 
arranged by Klebenow. 

“At the conclusion of the evening, Klebenow 
returned with Plaintiff [Tanzman] to the conference 
hotel. While in Klebenow’s hotel room, Plaintiff 
began feeling nauseous and dizzy, and Klebenow 
allowed Plaintiff to sit down and alleviate his sick¬ 
ness,” Sloan says in the lawsuit. 

Tanzman fell asleep in the chair - and awoke with 
Klebenow giving him oral sex, the lawsuit alleges. He 
immediately protested and told the supervisor his sex¬ 
ual advances were unwelcome, Sloan said. 

Three years of harassment 

Sloan said Klebenow’s sexual harassment contin¬ 
ued unabated for three years, and included sexual 
propositions and gestures to Tanzman; comments 
regarding the sexual desirability of male passengers; 
and an unwelcome and explicit birthday card that dis¬ 
played a naked man’s erect penis, according to the 
suit. 

“The San Diego office was a very small operation 
and my client was a new employee,” Sloan said. 
“There were only a handful of workers and he did not 
want to rock the boat. He kept thinking it would get 
better.” 

Tanzman repeatedly told Klebenow that the ges¬ 
tures and comments were neither appreciated nor wel¬ 
come, but they continued until an incident where a 
friend of Klebenow’s - masquerading as a Midwest 
Express customer - wrote a letter falsely accusing 


Tanzman of sexual harassment. Tanzman complained 
to the airline, and took a leave of absence in February 
1994. 

In March 1994, Tanzman moved to San Mateo 
County, and later contacted the Department of Fair 
Employment and Housing about the workplace abuse. 

Midwest Express completed an internal investiga¬ 
tion the same month, and found that Klebenow had 
demonstrated “poor managerial judgment” and 
demoted him - but said there was no finding that 
Tanzman had been sexually harassed and said they 
would not transfer him out of the San Diego office, 
where he would have to continue to work with 
Klebenow and colleagues. 

However, Klebenow’s supervisor did admit that 
Klebenow had breached Tanzman’s medical confi¬ 
dence, and informed “one or more of his co-workers, 
superiors, clients, and others” that Tanzman had HIV 
disease, the lawsuit alleges. 

Tanzman again requested the company transfer 
him out of the San Diego office, but Midwest Express 
refused and granted him leave granted under three 
conditions: it would be unpaid, according to the suit; 
Tanzman’s position could be filled while he was on 
leave; and he would not be guaranteed a job on his 
return date. 

After the leave expired, Tanzman was ordered to 
report, but although he said he wanted to continue to 
work for the airline, he wanted to work at a station 
where his contact with Klebenow would be mini¬ 
mized. 

The company rejected the request and terminated 
Tanzman in April 1995, Sloan told the Bay Area 
Reporter. 

Klebenow - who has been transferred to the 
Washington, DC office of the airline - “denies every¬ 
thing,” according to Sloan. 

In addition to the sex discrimination and sexual 
harassment charges and other causes of action, the 
suit seeks at least $2.5 million for the disclosure of 
Tanzman’s HIV status, which is also illegal under 
California law. The suit also seeks punitive and emo¬ 
tional damage compensation. 

A decision by a San Mateo County judge to change 
the venue of the trial to San Diego will be appealed to 
a state appeals court, Sloan said. ▼ 


Pickettay Settles with 
Alameda School District 


By Mary Ann Swissler 

A settlement was announced Thursday, 
September 14, erding the lawsuit filed by for¬ 
mer HIV educator and Encinal High School 
coach Alvin Pickettay against the Alameda 
Unified School District. 

Pickettay had alleged in his suit that after his 
HIV-positive status and his homosexuality 
became known at the school, other faculty and 
staff made anti-gay comments in front of stu¬ 
dents. Eventually Pickettay resigned from his 
post at the school, where he was once a star 
track runner, and sued the school district. 

One Encinal parent, who spoke to the Bay 
Area Reporter on condition of anonymity, 
asked whether the school would insist on AIDS 
and homophobia education for assistant athlet¬ 
ic director Debbie Budd and baseball coach 
Dave Sanders, both specifically identified in 
the suit as faculty members who made offen¬ 
sive comments. “Or are they going to go back 
to teaching as if nothing happened?” the parent 
asked. 

The prepared statement released by the 
school district did not mention teacher and staff 
HIV/AIDS or gay issues education, although it 
did indicate that students would be given HIV 
education; at least one session in HIV education 


is already required, according to the state edu¬ 
cation code. Alameda’s statement read, “The 
school district regrets the occurrence and will 
continue HIV/AIDS education for students.” 
They would not comment further. 

“The cause of gay 
rights was vindicat¬ 
ed,” Pickettay’s 
attorney Bruce 
Nickerson said, 
“and the cause of 
persons with AIDS 
was vindicated.” 
Nothing beyond that 
could be disclosed, 
Nickerson told the 
Bay Area Reporter. 
“The matter was 
resolved. My client 
and I are very 
pleased. I cannot 
disclose the details.” 
Pickettay, now 
employed by Depart-ment of Motor 
Vehicles, could not be reached by 
presstime. He had said in an earlier inter¬ 
view that at least the incident made stu¬ 
dents think about HIV and question their 
own sexual behavior. ▼ 



Photo: Mary Ann Swissler 

Vindicated: 

Alvin Pickettay. 


AIDS is no fun— but it sure can be a drag! 


Designer and drag aficionado 
Billy de Herrera will add a new 
wrinkle in the San Francisco 
mayor’s race this Friday, 
September 22 from 2 to 8 p.m. in 
the Castro. De Herrera will donate 


one of his outfits and call on the 
mayoral candidates to do the same 
for the “AIDS is a Drag!” sale 
October 7 and 8. People who are 
not running for office are also 
encouraged to make donations. 


The sale will benefit San 
Francisco Center for Living. Call 
(415) 863-6484 for more informa¬ 
tion. T 

- Mary Ann Swissler 


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COMMUNITY NEWS 


Lots of stuff planned for October 

Out On The Island 
Keeps Active in East Bay 


by Mary Ann Swissler 

The Alameda group Out on the 
Island (OOI) effectively continues 
to combat the low profile of gays 
and lesbians in the traditionally 
Navy-identified East Bay town. On 
Monday, September 18, right wing 
groups failed to sway the Social 
Services and Human Relations 
Board (SSHRB) from backing 
down on its commitment to spon¬ 
sor an OOI-backed educational 
forum on homosexuality on 
October 30. 

Despite heated opposition 
from the right wing, the board also 
voted at Monday’s meeting to 
issue a proclamation in honor of 
Gay and Lesbian History Month 
at the opening of the exhibit on 
October 8. “I feel really good 
about their decision to acknowl¬ 
edge that the gay and lesbian com¬ 
munity was discriminated against 
and deeply wounded,” OOI Vice- 
President Christine Allen told the 
Bay Area Reporter. Allen added 
that the group does not consider 
this a replacement for Alameda 
Mayor Ralph Appezatto’s promise 
to publicly acknowledge the city’s 
gay and lesbian community dur¬ 
ing Gay History Month. 

By sleepy, assimilationist East 
Bay standards, OOI’s constant 
activity in politics and community 
awareness is somewhat unprece¬ 
dented. The group formed earlier 
this year to foster public education 
around gay and lesbian issues and 
to push through a Gay Pride 



OOl's Christine Allen. 


Month Proclamation that they 
assumed would be carried over 
from its initial passage in 1994 by 
then-mayor Bill Withrow. After 
learning the hard way about 
assumptions - the city council 
killed the proclamation - the 
group galvanized more than 100 
Alameda lesbians and gays to 
make their anger over the lost 
proclamation known. 

Robert Bray, who heads up the 
“Fight the Right” project of the 
National Gay and Lesbian Task 
Force that works with grass roots 
queer groups around the nation, 
recently told the Bay Area 
Reporter , “If I could clone Out on 


the Island and dispatch them to 
about 15 other communities 
around the country, we could win.” 

“[OOI] is creating a safe place 
for gays and lesbians to come for¬ 
ward ... to connect with their 
neighbors and co-workers” and 
then bring that into the political 
arena, schools, and religious insti¬ 
tutions, he said. 

Religious groups that keep try¬ 
ing to rain on OOl’s parade - but 
not successfully - took out an ad 
in the September 12, 1995 issue of 
the Alameda Journal newspaper 
in which Concerned Women For 
America called upon all oppo¬ 
nents of the “gay agenda” to cre¬ 
ate a stir at the September 18 
SSHRB meeting. Two weeks ear¬ 
lier, the SSHRB meeting had to be 
canceled because of the overflow 
crowd that jammed the room. 

Allen disclosed to the Bay 
Area Reporter before this week’s 
meeting that no one from Out On 
the Island - or other community 
groups who have stood by them - 
planned to attend. She added that 
the planned no-show was not 
because the group could not mobi¬ 
lize enough people to testify, or 
out of fear. Rather, Allen said, 
“We’re focusing on our communi¬ 
ty because we feel we are more 
deserving of our time and energy 
than the people who keep trying to 
create a confrontation. 

“Out of respect for the board 
we’re attempting to defuse the sit¬ 
uation by not attending,” she told 
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Fair and 

1 |§li he rest of the world’s fan¬ 
cies turn in spring, we 
; hear, but it is autumn in 
I San Francisco that gets us 
turning, fancying, and (for that mat¬ 
ter) springing each year. 

The fall of 1995 isn’t here yet, 
but it’s on its way - heralded, of 
course, by this weekend, when the 
Folsom Street Fair livens SoMa 
and the Women’s Weekend stirs up 
the Russian River area. (It’s sort of 
like that after-dinner scene in Gone 
With the Wind , in which a bunch of 
men stand around smoking cigars 
and blustering while the women 
quietly go off to sleep with each 
other.) 

This weekend, like every week¬ 
end, San Francisco gladly opens her 
famous golden gates to all the 
guests who’ll stream in: as always 
in Northern California, only bigots 
are unwelcome. 

Now, as Mom said, play safely 
with the other kids; don’t get hurt 
and don’t hurt anyone else. 

As you look around this week¬ 
end, remember that all that freedom 
to congregate in such welcoming 
surroundings is a fairly recent 
development for gays and lesbians. 
Not all that long ago police had the 
authority to raid bars where we 
“deviants” hung out - street fairs 
would have been out of the ques¬ 
tion. 

It was only through hard work 
that the situation changed for the 
better, none more crucial than 
working to overturn sodomy laws. 
Statutes that make us illegal still 
exist in various localities across 
America - even as they fall in 
places like Romania and Ireland - 
and are still enormous obstacles to 
freedom and acceptance. More than 
one conservative lawmaker has 
observed that we are technically 
lawbreakers in their constituencies, 
and therefore undeserving of legal 
protections. 

And it may get worse. With the 
GOP’s mania for regression burn- 


Fairness 


ing out of control - the tally so far 
includes environmental laws, 
Medicaid, welfare, and affirmative 
action; much more is on the horizon 
- it’s frighteningly possible that 
reinstating sodomy laws may be on 
the right’s agenda, and that is the 
real point behind the barking 
dogma of Jesse “Dirty, disgusting, 
revolting” Helms and those 
Congressional hearings on homo¬ 
sexuality that Lou Sheldon wants to 
hold. 

Take a minute to consider life 
when all gay physical love is pun¬ 
ishable by hard time behind bars. 

Sex cells. 

Now put all that in context of 
three strikes. If your blood isn’t 
running cold right now, you aren’t 
human - or you’re not gay. 

Fortunately, we aren’t the only 
people who realize the American 
way of life is in mortal danger, and 
that the GOP is responsible. 

What is most important for 
everyone who hates the right is 
resisting their redaction and keep¬ 
ing them from feeling their task is 
easy. Breaking into Republican 
headquarters and busting up office 
equipment is not the answer, but 
breaking into their reality by call¬ 
ing them every now and then might 
be. 

And so, for all the thousands 
who have come to Northern 
California this weekend to pick up 
a number or two, here’s one number 
worth taking home: (202) 224- 
3121. That is the Congressional 
Switchboard in Washington, which 
can connect callers to any senator 
or representative. Call it as often as 
you can afford and tell the powers 
that be what you think of the job 
they’re doing. Remind them that 
you are a citizen, an American, and 
a voter. 

If you wonder if it’s worth the 
work, look around at the crowds 
that can assemble because others 
worked so hard in the past. Ask 
yourself: isn’t it a fair trade? ▼ 


The Principal 
Lesson 

by Kevin Jennings 

The following letter was written by the execu¬ 
tive director of the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight 
Teachers Network to the current principal of his 
old high school. 

ear Principal Land, 

I attended Mt. Tabor High School as 
a freshman in 1977-78, before you 
became the principal, so I don’t expect 
you to have any idea of who I am. But I 
want to tell you a story that I hope will help you 
better serve today’s students. 

Since we are not acquainted personally, let me 
introduce myself. I only attended Mt. Tabor for 
one year, leaving at the end of freshman year to 
graduate from another high school. I went on to 
Harvard University, where I earned a B.A. magna 
cum laude in History in 1985. I then became a 
high school history teacher and taught for eight 
years. In 1993 I went back to school and received 
my M.A. from Columbia University in 1994. 

From my resume and my career in education 
you might expect that I had a positive school expe¬ 
rience at Mt. Tabor, that my achievements were 
based on the fine education I received there. 
Nothing could be further from the truth. And I 
need you to understand why. 

Ever since I was a young boy, I had realized I 
was different from other boys. I knew, from about 
age seven, that I was gay. I never told anyone 
about my feelings. I tried my best to deny my feel¬ 
ings and “fit in” with the guys. By the time I got 
to Mt. Tabor, though, this was getting harder and 
harder to do. Soon they had a name for me. That 
name was faggot. 

Mt. Tabor became a nightmare. I had once 
loved school, but now it became a place of dread, 
where I was taunted, harassed, and tormented on a 
daily basis. I once went to a guidance counselor 
for support. He told me he knew the student whom 
I accused of tormenting me, and that he couldn’t 
imagine what I was saying could be true about 
such a fine young man. 

I learned that no one would be on my side. Not 
even the adults would stick up for the school fag. 

By second semester I stopped going to the din¬ 
ing hall, to my homeroom, to my gym class - all 
places where I was tormented by other students 
while teachers looked on without saying anything. 
Slowly but surely, I started dropping out of school. 

That fall I told my mom I wasn’t going back to 
Mt. Tabor. Unable to tell her why (she would not 
learn I was gay until I attempted suicide at age 17), 
I just told her I wouldn’t go back, under any cir¬ 
cumstances. My mother deeply valued education 
and wouldn’t accept this: she pulled every trick in 
the book and got me transferred. I stayed in 
school, and you know the rest. 

You may wonder why I have told you this 
story. I am writing because my story is not unique. 
In 1992 I was appointed by Massachusetts 
Governor William Weld to the first-ever 
Governor’s Commission on Gay and Lesbian 
Youth. We discovered some startling facts: 

• 45% of adolescent gay male youths and 20% 
of adolescent lesbians are physically or verbally 
harassed at school; 

• 28% of gay youth drop out of school (11 % is 
the national average); 

• One out of every three gay youth attempts 
suicide; a gay youth tries to kill himself or herself 
every 35 minutes in this country. 

It all added up to one thing: our schools were 
failing this population of students, failing them so 
badly that they often left school and tried to take 
their own lives. 

I learned that we could make a difference, 
however. I served as the faculty advisor for the 
first Gay-Straight Alliance founded in an 
American high school, a group that was the model 
for clubs that now exist in schools in over 20 
states. An organization I now work for, the Gay, 
Lesbian, and Straight Teachers Network, devel¬ 
oped recommendations for schools that were 
adopted by the Massachusetts State Board of 
Education in 1993. These led Massachusetts to 
become the first state to ban discrimination 
against students on the basis of sexual orientation. 
In short, I learned that, when educators are com¬ 
mitted to doing so, they can make sure our schools 
are safe for all students. 

In the final analysis, I suppose I did go into 
education because of my experience at Mt. Tabor 
- but for all the wrong reasons. I saw how awful 
school could be, and wanted to make sure that my 
students had somewhere to turn for help, because 
I knew how it felt not to have that. I hope you will 
find a way to make things better for today’s gay 
and lesbian students at Mt. Tabor. And I hope 
you’ll remember that you have the power to liter¬ 
ally make the difference between whether some of 
these kids live or die. ▼ 



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LETTERS 


Making history 


Catholic voices 

I’m responding to “Why I Left the Catholic 
Church” by Robert Goss, who styles himself 
“Reverend Dr.” these days. First, a picky point of edi¬ 
torial accuracy. Jesus Acted Up is not a forthcoming 
book by Goss, it’s one that is already in print. It was 
at A Different Light that I first saw Jesus Acted Up. 
Inspired by the fundamental truth and magnetism of 
the title, I scooped it up. 

Unfortunately, the book itself is not equal to the 
arresting title. When Goss visited Dignity/SF last 
summer to promote his book, I questioned him about 
the obtuseness of his prose. He said, “I wrote Jesus 
Acted Up in four months from survivor’s guilt and 
anger.” And that’s exactly how it reads. 

Goss claims that Dignity challenged Catholic bish¬ 
ops more “in the early days.” However, he gives no 
examples. In my experience, Dignity challenged the 
patriarchy most in recent years, notably when Kevin 
Calegari nailed a copy of the New Testament to the 
door of the Roman Office of Inquisition (aka 
Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith). 

Calegari died earlier this year and hasn’t been 
national president since 1993. It is true that not all 
Dignity national presidents have been Calegari 
clones, nor do they need to be. Notwithstanding dif¬ 
ferent personal styles. Dignity has been blessed with a 
succession of wise and able national, regional and 
local leaders. It’s too bad the Reverend Dr. Goss does¬ 
n’t seem to be one of them. 

Goss believes Dignity’s effectiveness has been 
impaired by, among other things, “a well-orchestrated 
plan to render it useless by the U.S. Catholic bishops.” 
I find this assertion mystifying. There’s not much 
more the bishops can do, having chased us off their 
property. Of course, plenty of other Catholics are find¬ 
ing themselves quite literally locked out these days as 
well. 

Yet somehow Dignity survives and even manages 
to challenge the likes of William Lavada once in a 
while. But I find our willingness to challenge each 
other, and the process of self-challenge, to be a lot 
more exciting than always wrestling with church bul¬ 
lies whose actions are so predictable. Maybe that’s 
why Goss fails to see much merit in our continued 
existence and communal life, which I would describe 
as miraculous, given the circumstances. 

I’m glad Goss has found a spiritual home where he 
feels his ministry will be nourished and challenged. 
I’m truly sorry he did not discover his home within 
Dignity. But is it really necessary to tear down what 
other queers are trying to accomplish? It seems to me 
the Inquisition must rejoice whenever that occurs. 
What’s so terrible about New Ways Ministry seeking 
out the parents of lesbians and gay men? I thought that 
was important work. So what if Jeanine Grammick 
and Bob Nugent are leading tours to the Holy Land? 
Even lavender prophets need to climb out of their rut 
every so often. 

Goss plaintively asks, “Where are the Catholic 
voices?” But Goss himself is just such a voice. 

Frederic Millen 

San Francisco 


Mondelli case 

I’m writing to express my deep appreciation for 
the B.A.R’.s coverage of Dr. Dean Freeman’s assault 
on me last July, and of his subsequent arrest and book¬ 
ing. 

The numerous articles by Kent Brandley and 
Dennis Conkin were an essential source of relief and 
support for me during my recuperation, and the 
B.A.R. ’s ongoing interest in the outcome of the case is 
really quite moving. 

It’s been over a year since that night. I have been, 
and continue to be, overwhelmed by the concern and 
support I’ve experienced throughout the community 
right from the start. I thank the B.A.R. for being a sig¬ 
nificant part of that support. 

Mario Mondelli 

San Francisco 


What is the opposite 
of an ‘affirmative’ action? 

Shall we call UC the Nazi University? That is the 
meaning of the destruction of affirmative action for 
women and minorities for admission and for hiring, 
both being labor issues, as well as civil rights issues. 

The only thing the rich parasites sitting on the 
Board of Regents understand is money. Without a 
functioning university, they have nothing. Meanwhile, 
the U.S. is busy becoming Nazified. 

Again, will labor sleep? Will Americans watch 
football instead, while their society falls apart all 
around them? 

Are Americans walking corpses? 

Do Americans enjoy having politicians play the 
race and gender card to get elected, while we have the 
most backward country economically and politically 
in the industrialized world? 

Lee Heller 

San Francisco 


I’m pleased to be voting for the first out lesbian 
mayor in the country’s history. But, my own personal 
happiness aside, I think Roberta Achtenberg is just 
what we need. She’s honest, principled and smart. She 
wrote the Sunshine Ordinance while on the Board of 
Supervisors, showing she had positive ideas for city 
politics. At H.U.D., she streamlined her division and 
took on the KKK. She has great ideas for the City, 
such as combining the Assessor’s and the Tax 
Collector’s offices, and making all municipal depart¬ 
ments set and meet specific goals. When the money 
crunch hits, I know Roberta will be fighting to save 
AIDS and child care services. 

What an opportunity we have! We can make histo¬ 
ry and elect a mayor who’ll listen to us all with her 
heart. I believe her when she says she’ll never sell us 
out. Vote! 

Karen Roy 

San Francisco 


Demeaning to women 

In “Letters to the Editor” Willie Brown supporters 
have been crying “Poor Willie” and accusing Roberta 
Achtenberg’s supporters of belittling him. They say 
Roberta’s campaign management reflects on her per¬ 
sonally. 

Willie’s supporters need to look at the manage¬ 
ment of their own candidate’s campaign. A letter from 
“Women for Brown,” mailed to a wide number of 
women voters, said, “It seems to us that choice is to 
vote for Willie Brown - or - to vote for a person who 
is well-meaning, has good intentions, and who might 
even ‘grow’ into the job.” This not only demeans the 
two women candidates for mayor but also the women 
to whom it was sent. 

Del Martin 
Phyllis Lyon 

San Francisco 


Horn’s ( humor’ 

In response to mayoral candidate Ben L. Horn’s 
recent letter (9/7) in the B.A.R., I must first begin by 
saying many of the gays and lesbians I know were not 
surprised when Senator Dole returned the Log Cabin 
Club contribution. 

Your letter to the B.A.R. was most interesting. 
However, I am a bit confused, Mr. Horn: you state that 
you, a Republican, welcome lesbian and gay people to 
your party. You go on to say that “our capabilities, tal¬ 
ents and contributions are equally important and 
should be welcomed, not scorned.” 

At a recent public campaign event, you, Mr. Horn, 
made the joke: “All Mayor Jordan has is Wendy, 
Willie Brown has too many girlfriends, Angela Alioto 
has too many boyfriends, and Roberta Achtenberg 
[long pause] ... well, I have no comment.” 

•Hmm, so let me get this straight (pun intended). 
You want our support and presumably our money for 
candidate Horn, and you also wish to make jokes 
about a lesbian (who, by the way, has many more 
votes than you will ever see in your lifetime.) 

Yes, Mr. Horn, as you state, “we have much work 
to do.” And I think I will remain in the true “inclu¬ 
sive” party - the Democratic Party. 

My vote for Mayor will go to the candidate for 
whom you have no comment, Ms. Achtenberg. 

Hunt Palmquist 
San Francisco 


Bend over, Log Cabin 

It should be obvious that the frontrunners for pres¬ 
ident in the Republican Party are clearly dependent on 
such glorious organizations like the extreme-right 
NR A for support in 1996. Bob Dole is an angry, 
vicious individual who, like other so-called leaders in 
his party, fuels hate. I cannot comprehend how any 
individual of color, gays, lesbians, etc. could consider 
a vote for political leaders who bend over for the 
right. Does anyone remember Adolph Hitler? Log 
Cabin members must have their heads in the sand. 

Howard G. Lader 
San Francisco 


Dis and data 

Due to the Basic Instinct Effect, in which publici¬ 
ty elevates mediocrity to celebrity, I hesitate to 
respond to the latest trash & trashing by Beth Elliott. 
I am sincerely puzzled, however, by her references to 
proudly joining the vast company of those I’ve 
“dissed” and “those [Math] has walked away from.” 
I’ve dissed a gossip columnist for a bit of misogynist 
fat-bashing; Herb Caen, for claiming that Toni 
Morrison won her Pulitzer only because she was black 
and female; and the Independent’s Harry Jupiter, for 
stating that it’s not rape when a man forces a woman 
to suck him off at gunpoint. I doubt that even Elliott 
really wishes to claim their company. 

As for “those I’ve walked away from,” relax, Beth, 
you’re welcome to her - and good luck. 

Mara Math 

San Francisco 






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This is a response to the commentary entitled 
“Negative feelings” by Wayne Friday (9/7). 

I am a HIV-negative gay man living in San 
Francisco. It is important to clarify some misconcep¬ 
tions that Mr. Friday has. First, “feeling sorry” for the 
negative group is not our objective. We are people 
who have genuine concerns and issues surrounding 
the trauma in the face of this epidemic. If Mr. Friday 
had a clue as to what profiles mental health, he would 
welcome anyone (as well as a whole group) to reach 
out for help. 

Mr. Friday complains that the funds are being 
swept away from the HIV positive resources. I cer¬ 
tainly have no solution to the problem of fundraising. 
But, instead of lashing out and denying services to a 
needy group, Mr. Friday could redirect his “negative 
feelings” into suggestions for alternative methods of 
funding. 

Of course, we don’t “begrudge” services or “social 
support” for HIV-positive groups. How absurd! What 
fabrication! “Must we have more educational pro¬ 
grams?” he asks. Apparently so. Has he never heard 
the phrase, “living with HIV/AIDS - not dying from 
it!” not being “handed down a death sentence.” 

It seems to me that the only one doing any “whin¬ 
ing” is Mr. Friday himself. We have friends and lovers 
dying right along with Mr. Friday. Yet he can’t under¬ 
stand what we are so “unhappy about.” Perhaps if he 
took his head out of his ass long enough to hear us and 
show some compassion, he would understand! 

Name withheld by request 
San Francisco 


Seeking support 

There is no question that every San Franciscan has 
been affected by the HIV nightmare that has devastat¬ 
ed our community for over 15 years. 

But I have a hard time understanding how a person 
as intelligent as Wayne Friday does not “get” the 
notion that all people, both negative and positive, at 
some time or other may need and deserve support to 
cope with this epidemic. 

While I have enjoyed reading Wayne’s political 
commentary for many years, I was sorry to read last 
week’s assault on HIV-negative people who are look¬ 
ing for support. High-profile spokesmen, such as 
Wayne, have a responsibility to measure their words 
carefully before attacking people in pain as “selfish 
HIV-negative queens” and compounding a serious 
mental health problem. My experience with HIV-neg¬ 
ative groups confirms that many of us are very 
depressed and burnt out from years of caregiving and 
loss. Joining a support group may provide a vehicle 
for people to get on with rebuilding their lives. 

In living with the death and illness of 40 sick 
friends, Wayne has obviously experienced a great deal 
of loss and may want to investigate some of the ser¬ 
vices available for processing his feelings. Perhaps 
some day he may find his way to a support group. 

I suggest that this is a more responsible way of 
handling one’s feelings of anger then hurling them at 
the unsuspecting reader who, while trying to cope 
with the loss of his lover or roommate, happens to get 
bashed by reading through this foul-mouthed column 
in the B.A.R. 

David Cannon 

San Francisco 


Staying uninfected 

I was surprised to read Wayne Friday’s criticism of 
HIV-negative programs and support groups. He 
ignores the fact that HIV-negative gay men continue 
to seroconvert at an astonishing rate. Some estimate 
650 men per year get HIV in San Francisco alone. 

HIV-negatives apparently don’t feel a lot of hope 
about surviving the AIDS epidemic. Presuming infec¬ 
tion is inevitable, they aren’t so careful with safe sex, 
and they eventually seroconvert. Unfortunately, it 
appears to be part of their “identity” that they will get 
sick and die. 

Instead, HIV-negatives need to get an identity that 
is about staying uninfected and staying alive, and 
about having a future. Everyone needs to be reminded 
about living - the search for happiness, love, great 
sex, friends, ‘family’... The way I see it, if HlV-nega- 
tive support groups help give people a sense of hope 
and reaffirmation for living, then someone might 
think twice when an unsafe sex opportunity arises. We 
must stop new HIV infections. 

Too many of my HIV-positive friends have gotten 
HIV in the last ten years, even with knowing about 
AIDS and safe sex. I don’t like this. For all the devas¬ 
tation AIDS has caused in our lives, can’t we do the 
smart thing and discourage any new infections? 

Friday worries about his 40 sick friends. Does he 
worry about the 650 uninfected men who get HIV 
each year? Who will worry about these friends when 
they are sick? 

John Hoffman 

San Francisco 


Prevention intention 

I was delighted to see your front page story on the 
establishment of Invention as a group to see what 


could be done to help those who were HIV negative 
stay that way. I was incensed to see Wayne Friday’s 
two-column blast of the effort, which he characterized 
as a group to help the privileged. ‘Typical SF pro¬ 
gressive politics,” I thought, “to be so concerned with 
succoring the victims that it can’t see the point of pre¬ 
venting suffering.” 

Last night I got a phone call that really iced this 
cake. A friend of mine told me that his friend had sero- 
converted. Andy is in his mid-40s, freshly out of a het¬ 
erosexual marriage, ready and eager to experience all 
he’d missed. When I saw Andy 3 months ago, he’d 
found a new lover and was worried that his new lover 
might be positive. At the time, they were both await¬ 
ing test results. Andy told me that he was hoping to 
settle down with this man so they could have unpro¬ 
tected anal sex. I gave him the world-weary answer 
that nobody could afford to stake their lives on some¬ 
one else’s promise of monogamy. He heard and 
understood me. His test came back negative, and his 
lover’s came back positive. 

Now Andy has seroconverted. Was there a lack of 
safesex information? I don’t think so. Was this pre¬ 
ventable? I don’t know, but I’m willing to invest some 
resources to find out. My goal is simple: no more 
Andys before there is no more Andy. Mr. Friday, if 
you can’t help, get out of the way! 

Rich Gorin 

San Francisco 


Gloomy forecast 

Wayne Friday (Sept. 7) missed the point. Worse 
still, he is exacerbating an already wide gap between 
HIV negative and HIV positive persons. 

I offer him my own personal story as a case-in¬ 
point. Two years ago I moved to the Bay Area to 
establish a connection with a gay community that 
could educate me, support me and help me see that it 
is great to be gay. What I found was a defunct politi¬ 
cal agenda, deepening grief over loss of friends and 
lovers (like his own and my own), and the ability to 
tear each other apart rather than stand together. I even 
remember saying to myself, “I can’t be gay, I don’t 
have HIV.” 

Not until I heard Walt Odets speak at the 7th 
National AIDS Update Conference did I understand 
my own connection to this Bay Area gay community. 
At 25 years of age I have been to more funerals than 
weddings. As an HIV negative man the future forecast 
seems gloomy at best. My fear is that the same will be 
true when I am 50. 

Wayne asks why? The tragedy of my experience is 
1) the people who should be my “gay role models” are 
dead or dying of HIV/AIDS, 2) that I too am losing 
my friends and will lose any number of the ones that 
are already positive and 3) there is no picture of the 
future without HIV. He is right, I have the potential to 
live a long, productive, HIV-negative life, and I am 
thankful. But what’s the point of living if all the cre¬ 
ative voices (like his own) die of AIDS? Sure, the Bay 
Area is a great place to be gay, but do we have to do 
this alone? 

Bullshit, he says. Well, what is bullshit is that 
Wayne doesn’t see our collective struggle. The enemy 
is homophobia, the “enemy is HIV.” I hope the people 
planning HIV negative support will take his criticism 
to heart, indeed people are dying. I also know that it is 
HIV negative people like me who will mom our HIV 
positive friends, lovers and companions who die in 
this holocaust. It is HIV negative people like me that 
will sit by the bedside and cry the tears of their loss. 
The true tragedy is many see more comfort in dying 
of AIDS than living without their friends. My “afflic¬ 
tion of good health” as Wayne put it is only a tragedy 
because people like him are not and will not be alive 
to share it with me. I will always support and love my 
HIV positive friends, I will always pray for a cure and 
advocate for services for PWAs, but with the current 
discussion around HIV-negative support the forecast 
looks a little less dim. My dream is that when I’m 50 
I can share this experience with others who survived 
the odds. 

Randy N. Marcotte 

Oakland 


Thank God for Friday 

[The following was sent to Wayne Friday:] 

I read the September 7 B.A.R. - and before I made 
it to the bridge, shocked by the new HIV-negative 
support group, I read your article. 

Sir, thank you! 

As a long-term survivor I am appalled with that 
sorry lot! 

Thanks again. 

Pulguerio Silva 

San Francisco 


Letters policy 

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Pete's prospects plummet 


hen California gover- 
nor-turned-GOP- 
presidential-candi- 
date Pete Wilson 
announced last week that his cam¬ 
paign would bypass an uphill fight 
in Iowa’s important February cau¬ 
cuses to focus on the “more mean¬ 
ingful” primaries in the Northeast 
slated for the months after Iowa, 
many political observers began 
speaking aloud what many others 
already knew - Wilson’s presiden¬ 
tial chances are going nowhere 
fast. Clearly, the closing down of 


Commentary 


his Iowa operations is a sign of 
further weakness in a campaign 
already known to be struggling. 

Wilson and his top aides have 
been saying for months that once 
the governor recovered from a 
prolonged throat surgery and was 
able to put aside state business in 
Sacramento to “get his message to 
the people,” he would quickly be a 
real threat to Bob Dole, Phil 
Gramm, and the other GOP con¬ 
tenders. Guess what? It isn’t hap¬ 
pening. 

Some insiders are quietly 
telling reporters that Wilson’s 
troops are frustrated. Some of his 
campaign decisions (such as 
bypassing Iowa) are seen as mis¬ 
steps, but more importantly, funds 
are quickly drying up. 

Wilson told reporters a few 
months ago that his campaign 
could easily raise $20 million by 
the end of the year. Now aides are 
worried that even $10 million can 
be raised by January and are con¬ 
cerned that there will be enough 
cash to make a “serious” effort in 
perhaps half of the nine early pri¬ 
mary states California’s chief 
executive has targeted. 

One longtime financial sup¬ 
porter of Wilson’s, clearly frustrat¬ 
ed with the lagging campaign, told 
the LA Times this week that “time 
is running out for Pete to demon¬ 
strate that he is a serious con¬ 
tender. The campaign seems so 
disorganized, and seems confused 
as to what Wilson himself wants to 
do. It is turning off its natural 
base, and if they don’t get their act 
together very soon, he’ll be histo¬ 
ry.” 

A recent indication of how bad 
things are going was when 
Wilson’s campaign chairman, 
Craig Fuller, quietly gave up his 
salary and moved his operations to 
D.C. to concentrate solely on rais¬ 
ing campaign funds. Longtime 
campaign observers wonder if this 
is the same Pete Wilson who col¬ 
lected more than $32 million to 
win re-election last year and, in 
three statewide campaigns, has 
raised and spent more than $70 


million. 

In addition, Wilson’s problems 
in garnering his party’s presiden¬ 
tial nomination are myriad. First, 
try as he might, Wilson is consid¬ 
ered a moderate running in a party 
dominated by the likes of Ralph 
Reed and the Christian Coalition. 
Second, he is lagging badly in the 
polls, especially in his own home 
state, which has the largest num¬ 
ber of electoral votes. 

GOP party bosses in California 
are complaining big-time that 
Wilson’s broken pledge not to run 
for the presidency and the fact that 
a successful candidacy would put 
Democrat Gray Davis in the state- 
house have crippled his standing 
here in California. A recent 
statewide poll showed that three 
out of four Californians are 
against his presidential run and 
nearly two-thirds of California 
voters are thumbs down on his 
performance as governor. 

Given Wilson’s “success” so 
far, it’s difficult to disagree with a 
Sacramento pundit covering his 
campaign, who recently wagered 
that “Pete might not even make it 
until New Hampshire. I’ll lay even 
odds that he calls it quits by New 
Year’s Day.” 


Politics and people 

“I Like Colin”? In 1952, 
Americans, yearning for a leader 
above “politics as usual,” turned 
to military hero Dwight 
Eisenhower. Will they do like¬ 
wise next year and look to Colin 
Powell? Maybe but probably not 
as an independent candidate. 

Powell, who’s still keeping 
everyone on tenterhooks as he jets 
around the country plugging his 
autobiography, says he has “very 
strong Republican leanings on 
economic and foreign-policy mat¬ 
ters. I was, however, a New Deal 
kid. I had a picture of Franklin 
Roosevelt on my wall.” Of course, 
so did Ronald Reagan, and look 
how he wound up. 

In any case, the time is fast 
approaching when the esteemed 
general must either poop or get off 
the pot. If he enters the race, look 
for his sterling reputation to get a 
bit tarnished by all the mud being 
slung. 

Too Many Queens... Dept.: 
The current National Enquirer 
screams on the front cover “My 
Life of Hell With Liz: Her Gay 
Pals Wrecked Our Marriage” by 
Larry “No, I’m not Mr. Taylor” 
Fortensky. It seems that the 
“Fairies Have Fortensky in a 
Funk” because La Taylor’s own 
Gay Mafia (headed by a certain 
well-known hairstylist, peut-etrel ) 
meant more to Liz than her hubby 
- even with his new helmet hairdo 


and expensive Western wear. And 
after Liz got up at the crack of 
dawn to pack him a lunch for the 
construction site! That’s gratitude. 
Word has it that Larry bored poor 
Liz to death in every room of the 
house. Good riddance, I say, and 
good luck to Miss Taylor, who’s 
shown more guts in her fights 
against AIDS than all her spouses 
put together. 

Look for San Jose Mayor 
Susan Hammer, a Democrat, to 
battle it out with GOP State 
Senator Tom Campbell for 
Representative Norman Mineta’s 
15th District seat. (I mean, for a 
Republican, I like Campbell. But 
make up your mind, Tom. Just 
what job do you want?) The spe¬ 
cial election will be held early in 
1996. 

Oregon gay activists tell me 
that former Governor Barbara 
Roberts, a Democrat and a good 
friend of gays, will join the fray 
for the senate seat being grudging¬ 
ly vacated by the disgraced Bob 
Packwood, a Republican. 

The Democrats’ chances of 
recapturing the Senate next year 
look grim; Rhode Island Senator 
Claiborne Pell announced last 
week that he would become the 
seventh incumbent Democratic 
senator to retire. 

Gay attomey/activist Matthew 
Rothschild kicks off his campaign 
for an open Municipal Court seat 
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Yank Sing Restaurant, 427 Battery 
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Rumor has it that was indeed 
rocker Elton John (who appeared 
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Castro late Saturday night. It 
couldn’t be confirmed whether or 
not he had to stand in line at the 
Midnight Sun, but we hope not. 

Speaking of gay Britons, it was 
announced last week that the U.K. 
would review its ban on gays in 
the armed forces, three months 
after a judge upheld the ban but 
said it was outdated. A team repre¬ 
senting their army, navy, and air 
force will start work immediately 
to present the government with a 
full report by January 1996. 

The Quote of the Week is from 
our own “Zelda,” Assembly¬ 
woman Sheila Kuehl: “When I 
was seven years old and asked 
what I wanted to be when I grew 
up, I never would have said I 
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state Legislature, but here I am.” 
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by Beth Elliott 

f you’re in the mood to watch 
a 49ers game over a few beers 
in friendly, cheerful and bois¬ 
terous gay company, I can 
heartily recommend Nobody’s 
Place, “Where everybody is some¬ 
body,” a Victorian on Virginia 
Street in the struggling downtown 
now being called “Old Town 
Vallejo.” You’ll get introduced all 
around and invited to benefit the 
Rainbow Fund by partaking of a 
home-cooked half-time meal for 
three bucks. And, if you’re a “V- 
Town” expatriate like myself, 
none of this will get you over your 
astonishment that the hometown 
you outgrew is now a bedroom 
community of 116,000 with gay 
bars of its own. It will all feel 
familiar and yet unreal. 

I pretty much avoided Vallejo 
for 20 years, even to the point of 
feeling edgy when I drove through 
- a contradictory meld of nostalgia 
and fear. I associated being there 
with experiencing my father’s 
wrath at finding his first-born, the 
gifted child of whom greatness 
and success was expected, sud¬ 
denly (from his perspective) 
turned lesbian hippie. 

From my perspective, four 
years in a very hip and artistic 
prep school and one in college in 
San Francisco had facilitated my 
emerging from beneath all the 
tracking as a young woman who 
was both their well-parented child 
and radically my own person. I 
think what frightened me most, 
though, were images of how I 
could have ended up had I not 
found myself and moved on. 


Vallejo has always had great 
potential that never reaches criti¬ 
cal mass. It began as, briefly, the 


first state capital, but when its 
infrastructure wasn’t in place 
quickly enough, the torch was 
passed down the road to Benicia. 
It’s always had its artists, intellec¬ 
tuals, and queers, and even its own 
underground paper in the ’60s 
(The Monthly Sanforized). 

Still, no cultural scene propor¬ 
tionate to the pool of local intelli¬ 
gentsia has ever really coalesced. It 
has remained an odd amalgam of 
’50s suburbia, competent small 
business, and naval yard blue collar. 

While I outgrew Vallejo, there 
are things about it of which I’m 
fond. Growing up on the part-sub¬ 
urban, part-rural edge of town, I 
had hills to ramble while listening 
to my inner self and sorting out 
my life. From the hills above “Old 
Town,” there are vistas of San 
Pablo and San Francisco bays that 
effortlessly conjure up visions of 


1850s sailing ships and post-Gold 
Rush city and commerce building. 
And I don’t blame the town for the 
severe depressions of my child¬ 
hood and adolescence. 

But the clash between my par¬ 
ents’ and my own desires for my life 
- and long years of tension between 
us - tinged my images and memo¬ 
ries, frightening me away. At the 
same time, I couldn’t leave my 
hometown far away, either geo¬ 
graphically or in terms of “reinvent¬ 
ing” myself in gay San Francisco. I 
couldn’t write off my origins with¬ 
out denying the Northern California 
heritage of which I’m deeply proud. 
I can’t - and won’t - join other les¬ 
bians in depicting “back home” as 
so backwards I was never meant to 
be there. My back home is here, and 
it’s cool. Nowhere to run, nowhere 
to hide. 

Eventually, my father and I 
made peacemaking gestures, 
though still from a distance (I’d 
had to learn from my baby brother 
that my family doesn’t deal with 
things, where I’d thought for years 
that I was the only one left out). 
One of his gestures was to send 
me his 49er playoff tickets, which 
I’d thought for the longest time 
had been my mother’s idea. 

I had fears to overcome to 
make peace face-to-face during 
the eight months of his dying, and 
I’m glad I did: it was one of the 
best things I’ve ever done and 


healing for both of us. His funeral 
director was the mother of one of 
my grammar school classmates, 
and we had a very nice conversa¬ 
tion; apparently my rep among my 
childhood peers is OK. Suddenly I 
felt I could claim my hometown 
again instead of feeling like a 
stranger; this helped get me 
through facing relatives I’d not 
seen in two decades at the rosary 
and funeral. 


And yet, as I sipped a “Chico 
beer” (Sierra Nevada pale ale), 
bemused at being in a gay bar in 
Vallejo, and cheered the Niners as 
they kicked Atlanta Falcon butt, the 
entire adventure (not the people - 
they were great) felt oddly unreal, 
like a vivid dream. After the game, 
I meandered back to the freeway on 
streets that were visually familiar 
but whose names I needed prompt¬ 
ing to remember; things looked the 
same yet different to a degree for 
which two decades of passing time 
could not account. Hills seemed 
lower, rough places plainer. 
Favorite views - a row of tall aspen 
along railroad tracks near Vallejo 
High - failed to evoke an emotion¬ 
al response. 

This was unusual. There are 
other places associated with family 
history and childhood angst where I 
feel peaceful and deeply at home: 
Sonoma County, Marin, St. Helena. 
Perhaps it was that when I lived in 
Vallejo, I felt submerged; I’ve been 
free to be myself wherever else I’ve 
lived in the Bay Area. Perhaps I just 
need more re-familiarization for 
current perception to match up with 
faded memory. Perhaps I can’t 
imagine the place where I got 
strokes for being a young academic 
achiever being a place where I 
could get strokes for being a home¬ 
grown success as a lesbian writer - 
or even have that understood. 

Driving back to Oakland, 
unwilling to face the Sunday after¬ 
noon 1-80 crawl from Albany to the 
MacArthur maze one more time, I 
took back roads from Pinole to 
Orinda, where I would be just a 
Caldecott tunnel-length away from 
Rockridge. Here, suburban neigh¬ 
borhoods gave way to rolling gold¬ 
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laurels - the backdrop of my child¬ 
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Ryan White 

Continued from page 1 

the National Association of 
People with AIDS (NAPWA). 
That is perhaps the most contro¬ 
versial provision of the House 
version of Ryan White. 

Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) is 
a pediatrician who has pushed for 
mandatory testing to help reduce 
the spread of HIV from mother to 
infant. The final version of his 
amendment was a “compromise” 
forged with Henry Waxman (D- 
Califomia). It has a two and a half 
year trigger by which time there 
must be 95 percent compliance 
with Centers for Disease Control 
(CDC) recommendations that 
pregnant women voluntarily be 
tested for HIV. If not, testing of 
newborns will become mandatory. 

“That is something nobody in 
the [AIDS] community could 
endorse,” said Stachelberg. She 
hopes it can be removed in con¬ 
ference with the Senate where the 
approach adopted by Nancy 
Kassebaum (R-Kansas) was to 
offer the carrot of federal money 
for testing to the eleven most 
highly impacted states. 

Gary Rose, lobbyist with the 
AIDS Action Council, doesn’t 
like the Coburn amendment 
either, but he suspects it may stay 
in. He can even see a positive 
aspect to it: “You get two and a 


half years of breathing room while 
we try to reset this conversation.” 
He noted that “we have lost this 
conversation at every single step 
in Congress.” If he loses. Cobum 
would likely introduce a stand 
alone bill without the waiting 
period and Congress would likely 
support it. 

Other differences remain to be 
worked out in conference. It 
seems likely one trade will 
involve accepting the House ver¬ 
sion of Title I formula revisions 
(capping losses at one percent per 
year to affected cities versus the 
Senate’s 1.5 percent) in return for 
accepting the Senate’s version of 
the Title II formula (to reduce 
double counting and counting the 
dead). 

Rose thinks “we will end up 
with the 12.5 percent cap [on 
administrative costs] in the Senate 
bill, and the House method of 
measuring the cap, by using 
aggregate expenses of all the sub¬ 
grantees.” The move should help 
ease fears of minority community- 
based organizations that are often 
smaller and have higher and 
administrative costs. 

The conference may be held as 
early as this week. There seems to 
be a strong desire to wrap up the 
matter before Ryan White autho¬ 
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Women’s Weekend II 
Hits the River This Friday 


by Mary Ann Swissler 

The reasons for spending a 
weekend anywhere near the 
Russian River - particularly dur¬ 
ing traditionally glorious Indian 
Summer - are obvious to nearly 
anyone who has ever been there. 
And although the idea of a week¬ 
end in the middle of nowhere may 
sound boring to some. Women’s 
Weekend II organizer Beth 
Jackson promised the annual 
event (scheduled to begin this 
Friday, September 22) will be 
anything but dull this year. “The 
natural resources are phenome¬ 
nal,” she said, “and when you 
want to be entertained, there will 
be plenty of music, dancing, great 
food, and a crafts fair.” 

Not to mention lots of lesbians 
to mingle with. 

And even though there will be 
something of a boobs-and-booze 
atmosphere at selected sites (for 
those interested, don’t miss the 
fake orgasm and wet T-shirt con¬ 
test at the Triple R), Jackson told 
the B.A.R. the festival offers a 
variety of activities, ranging from 
low- to high-brow and everything 
in between. 

In fact, WWII (Women’s 
Weekend I is held every Labor 
Day weekend) actually sounds 
more like a Dinah Shore Classic 
of the North than another sleepy 
weekend up on the river. It will 
feature a fundraising golf tourna¬ 
ment, a Welcome Women BBQ 
Party, ten live bands, that arts and 
crafts fair, the famous poolside 
debauchery, mounds of food, out¬ 
door activities, and a talent show. 

Plus, for the first time in its 
more than 15-year history. 
Women’s Weekend II will be 100 
percent organized by women: Jane 
Sheehan’s Crazy Eights 

Production, the group that spear¬ 
headed the show for this year’s 
Pride Festival and the Folsom 
Street Fair. 

What’s goin’ on? 

Women arriving on Friday can 
take advantage of a “Welcome the 
Beautiful Women” bash in the 
afternoon at Lalita’s Mexican 
Cantina, plus live entertainment at 
Breeze Inn Bar-B-Q and the Brew 
Moon coffeehouse in the evening. 

Proceeds of the Lavender Hill 
Invitational Golf Tournament at 
Northwood Golf Course Saturday 
and Sunday will help establish a 
fund to send children of lesbians 
to Camp Lavender. With 60 
golfers already signed up for the 
event, Jackson said, no more 
space is available - however, 
everyone is encouraged to turn 
out, root for their favorite player, 
and contribute to a good cause all 
at the same time. 

Shoppers wanting to pick up a 
few pieces of jewelry or some¬ 
thing for the home should check 
out the arts and crafts fair, held 
Saturday and Sunday at The 
Woods Resort. A shuttle bus 
between downtown Guerneville 
and The Woods resort, located at 
the entrance to Armstrong Woods 
State Park, will be provided free 
of charge Saturday from 11 a.m. to 
7 p.m. 

The hand-crafted goodies will 
be just part of Woods Resort’s “A 
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where ten San Francisco bands 
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Color Puddy; Bern; Antoinette 
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ight wing radio station 
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lute our public airwaves 
with endless attacks on 
lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans- 
gendered people. When a com¬ 
mercial for the “Hate Talk” radio 
station was recently spotted on 
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that could legally require such 
action on Gabbert’s part. 
Moreover, no such requirements 
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the Code of Federal Regulations, 
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the Federal Communications 
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The Red Hot Chili Peppers, 
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one of the media’s most popular 
taboos. Same-sex kissing scenes 
(involving band members) are fea¬ 
tured in the Chili Pepper’s latest 
video, and also in a recent cover 
story about the band. 

The Chili Peppers’ new video, 
“Warped,” is infused with sexual 
tension and phallic bravado. In 
one scene, guitarist Dave Navarro 
passionately kisses lead singer 
Anthony Kiedis. Later, Kiedis 
takes Navarro’s head in his lap and 
lovingly strokes his hair. Recently 
released by Warner Brothers, 
“Warped” has enjoyed regular air¬ 
play on the MTV network. 

Dave Navarro is also the sub¬ 
ject of another same-sex kiss, this 
one depicted on the cover of 
Guitar magazine. For the October 
1995 issue, Navarro and fellow 
guitarist Flea appear in a shirtless, 
playful, lip-to-lip embrace. Inside 
the magazine, additional photos of 
Navarro and Flea illustrate a relat¬ 
ed feature story. Though not kiss¬ 
ing in any of these interior shots, 
the two men do appear in several 
affectionate poses - leaning head 
upon shoulder, holding hands, and 
caressing each other’s faces. 

Unfortunately (but not unex¬ 
pectedly), Guitar has now become 
an object of considerable fear and 
loathing. According to the Los 
Angeles Times (September 7), 
“nearly 100 music stores, news¬ 
stands and chain stores around the 
country are balking at selling the 
October issue of Guitar magazine 
because of its cover photo.” The 
Times reports that “the retailers 
rejecting the issue include many 
independent musical instrument 
stores, but the national distributor 
that provides Guitar to a number 
of chain stores says that Wal-Mart 
and Gelson’s Market in Los 
Angeles may follow suit.” 

Dave Triller, owner of a New 
York guitar shop, told the Times 
that Guitar's cover photo “turned 
his stomach.” Following com¬ 
plaints from his customers and 
staff, Triller pulled the magazine 
off the shelves and returned the 
copies to Guitar headquarters. 
Triller also informed Guitar that, 
because he was so “offended by 
two men kissing each other,” he 
would never again carry any 
issues of the magazine. “If I don’t 
stand up for this it will be worse 
next time,” he explained. 

A similar complaint was regis¬ 
tered by Karen Tennent, publica¬ 
tions manager of Kent Stanton’s 
Music store in Georgia. Tennent 
also objected to the kissing cover, 
which is “not an appropriate thing 
for a store that bases its business 
on family.” “We have children 
coming in the store and we have 
had complaints from parents,” she 
said. “We even had guys in our 
guitar department appalled that 
the magazine would put trash on 
the front cover.” 

Significantly, such criticism 
demonstrates the gross breadth of 
homophobic bigotry, since the 
members of the Chili Peppers 
actually identify as heterosexual. 
Homophobes fear and hate homo¬ 
sexuality, as well as anything - 
and everything - that even “looks 
queer. ” 

Responding to the critics, Dave 
Navarro stated: “I don’t have a 


problem with playful affection 
between friends. I only have a 
problem with those who do.” 

Guitar’s editor-in-chief, H. P. 
Newquist, responded with “total 
surprise.” “Not a single person in 
the company, from the publishers 
to the copy editors, had any idea 
that people would refuse to sell the 
magazine on the basis of it being 
homoerotic or defiling Christian 
values,” Newquist claimed. 

Certainly, Guitar magazine 
should be supported and the 
homophobes should be con¬ 
demned. However, Newquist also 
contributed (perhaps inadvertent¬ 
ly) to the homophobia that so “sur¬ 
prised” him. 

In the October issue of his 
magazine, Newquist began an edi¬ 
torial by asking: “What are those 
guys doing on the cover?” He 
immediately answered: “Well, it’s 
just Flea and Dave Navarro ... 
shocking the music world with 
their twisted sense of humor.” He 
then repeated the point: “As the 
cover shows, Navarro has defi¬ 
nitely taken to the Peppers’ 
warped sense of humor.” What 
Navarro himself describes as 
“playful affection,” Newquist 
prefers to label “warped” and 
“twisted.” 

Send advice, compli¬ 
ments, or criticism, as appro¬ 
priate, to each of the follow¬ 
ing: The Red Hot Chili 
Peppers, c/o Lindsey Gotez, 
11116 Aqua Vista Blvd., Suite 
39, Studio City CA 91602, tel. 
818-508-1875, fax 818-766- 
7102; Judy McGrath, MTV 
Networks, Inc., 1515 
Broadway, New York NY 
10036, tel. 212-258-8712 or 
212-258-8000, fax 212-258- 
8718, e-mail mtvmail@ 
aol.com (AOL users can post 
messages directly to the 
MTV message area, keyword 
"MTV"); S. Robson Walton, 
Chair, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 
702 S.W. 8th Street, 
Bentonville, AR 72716, tel. 
501-273-4000, fax 501-273- 
1969; Dave Triller, Owner, 
"The Only Guitar Shop," 
Route 9, Clifton Park NY 
12065, tel. 518-371-1232; H. P. 
Newquist, Editor-In-Chief, 
Guitar, P.O. Box 1490, Port 
Chester NY 10573, tel. 914- 
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CALIFORNIA NEWS 


Fundy Pol at Sacto GOP Confab 
Denounces Researcher 


by Marghe Covino 

Continuing efforts to expose the tactics of the radi- 
cal right seem to be getting under some fundamentalist 
politicians’ skin. At a three-day Republican “Campaign 
School ’96” held in Sacramento in late August, far 
right Assembly member Steve Baldwin of San Diego 
was so upset by the presence of political researcher 
Jerry Sloan in the audience, Baldwin pointed him out 
and called him a “scumbag” and a “fascist.” 

Sloan, a former divinity school classmate of Jerry 
Falwell, was observing the Young Republican 
Federation-sponsored “school” - in which prospective 
GOP candidates learned how to do research by sifting 
their opponents’ garbage, how to plant operatives in 
opposing campaigns, and how to make phony tele¬ 
phone calls to government agencies to elicit informa¬ 
tion - as part of his work for Sacramento-based 
Project Tocsin, tracking the activities of the far right. 
Suddenly, to his surprise, he found himself singled out 
for abuse in front of about 200 conference attendees. 

Baldwin was delivering a speech in which he com¬ 
plained about being “brutalized” during his unsuccess¬ 
ful 1992 campaign against Tom Connelly, cited alleged 
“vicious attacks” to which he had been subjected, and 
lambasted the Mainstream Voter Project in San Diego 
and Project Tocsin. “They’ll take your words and 
phrases you’ve said in the past and twist them around, 
cut and paste, and try to scare the voters,” he said, 
“make the voters think you’re going to handcuff them 
to a church pew and force values down their throats.” 

Baldwin then pointed out Sloan and said, “Now 
this guy’s group right here, all they do is go around 
attacking Christians who run for office, as if 
Christians are not qualified to run for office. If this 
guy had his way he’d go back into time and disquali¬ 
fy Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, our 
founding fathers, from running for office. 

‘This guy is a fascist. This guy is your basic fascist 
down there. These guys will go around and follow you 
into church. Maybe you might say a prayer in church 
and [they’ll] tape record you and use your prayer 
against you in your campaign. 

“That’s the kind of things that scumbags like this 
guy will do against you. 


“Say hi to him if you get a chance today.” 

( Attack pup’ 

“For the first time since I’ve been doing this work 
I became concerned for my physical safety,” Sloan 
told the B.A.R. “I’m going to rethink this situation, and 
probably will make sure that I don’t attend these kinds 
of events by myself any longer. 

“Remarks about being a victim and Project Tocsin 
being the big, bad, fascist were designed to elicit extreme 
reaction from some segments 
of the audience,” Sloan said, 
adding that Baldwin “neglect¬ 
ed a few facts” about the cam¬ 
paign against Connelly. 

“He shot himself in the 
foot [during the campaign] 
when he gave a speech stating 
there is an official Witch 
assigned to the U.S. Air Force 
and that the governor of 
Massachusetts had created an 
official position of Witch in 
that state,” Sloan laughed. 
“He was caught on camera, 
running away from reporters 
from the McNeil-Lehrer 
Report who wanted to ask him 
about his statements; that’s what killed his campaign. 

“If you say something that stupid you have to 
expect that someone will call you on it,” Sloan said. 
“That’s politics.” 

Sloan calls Baldwin “[State Senator] Rob Hurtt’s 
Attack-Pup,” referring to Hurtt’s former membership 
in the far right so-called “Christian” Allied Business 
PAC, which pours money into campaigns of “like- 
minded candidates,” including Baldwin. Hurtt recent¬ 
ly led a coup against longtime Senate Minority Leader 
Ken Maddy and now holds that post himself. Insiders 
see the coup as a signal that the usually courtly Senate 
will become embroiled in increasingly vicious battles. 

Sloan said he feels that Baldwin’s rhetoric was just 
a sample of what is coming in the increasingly ideo¬ 
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the B.A.R. 

Allen said she and other 
Alameda lesbians and gays 
were confidant the board 
would stick by its original 
decision, and added that 
SSHRB president Lois 
Workman has stood up to 
some very heated community 
opposition. “We really appre¬ 
ciate and respect the decision 
by the Social Services and 
Human Relations Board to 
hold the educational forum in 
October,” she said, “and we’re 
aware that this has not been 
easy for them. They’ve taken a 
lot of heat for this from the 
people who call themselves 
the opposition to the gay and 
lesbian community.” 

'Defining ourselves’ 

Allen said the October 8 
reception for the opening of a 
gay and lesbian history exhibit 
at the Alameda Historical 
Museum will be an opportuni¬ 
ty for Appezatto to publicly 
acknowledge the gay and les¬ 
bian community, a promise he 
made to Out on the Island last 
month. 

Exhibit organizer Christa 
Keller said she could not have 
pulled together the show, 
which features 40 years of con¬ 
temporary history, without the 
assistance of OOI member 
Brett Westbrook, who sits on 
the Executive Board of the Gay 
and Lesbian Historical Society 
of Northern California. They 
dug through treasures at the 
Market Street archives and 
came up with posters, buttons, 
photographs, and documents 
representing Stonewall, the 
career and assassination of 
Harvey Milk, the diversity of 
the queer community, Nazi 


persecution, and the Michigan 
Womyn’s Festival. 

A second Gay History 
Month exhibit will take place 
at Alameda’s Main Library, 
located at the comer of Santa 
Clara Avenue and Oak Street. 
Allen said that it will be a 
smaller exhibit made up of 
photographs, books, and a 
resource list. 

Keller said, “What we’re 
trying to convey is why we’re 
proud and our struggles and tri¬ 
umphs,” a concept that was lost 
on the Alameda City Council 
who rejected last June’s procla¬ 
mation largely because they 
saw it as a glorification of 
homosexual deviancy. 

Bray concurred, saying, 
“The education piece, of 
course, is important in moving 
the community into an aware¬ 
ness of who we really are and 
not what the radical right says 
we are. In other words, defin¬ 
ing ourselves, not letting our 
opponents define us.” 

The exhibit will be held 
from October 8-29 at the 
museum, located at 2324 
Alameda Avenue in Alameda. 
Call (510) 521-1233 for fur¬ 
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A “Coming Out Dance” 
will be held Saturday, October 
14, from 8 p.m. to midnight at 
the Alameda School of Dance, 
located at 1402 Park Street 
above Wells Fargo Bank. 
Tickets are on sale for $8 in 
advance, or $10 at the door. 
“We want people from all over 
the Bay Area,” said Allen. 
Those interested should mail a 
check to: Out on the Island, 
P.O. Box 4014-593, Alameda, 
CA 94501. Tickets will be 
mailed back. ▼ 

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“I’m glad Phyllis and I can still 
put up a good fight in our eighth 
decade,” said 74-year-old Del 
Martin, who, with her partner of 
42 years, Phyllis Lyon, 71, were 
the only openly lesbian or gay del¬ 
egates to the 1995 White House 
Conference on Aging (WHCoA). 
The San Francisco couple, co¬ 
authors of the groundbreaking 
book Lesbian/Woman (20th 
Anniversary Edition, Volcano 
Press), successfully advocated for 
the first-ever inclusion of lan¬ 
guage calling for antidiscrimina- 
tory protection of older gays and 
lesbians in a WHCoA resolution. 

WHCoA Resolution 41, titled 
“Protecting the rights of older cit¬ 
izens and legal residents against 
discrimination,” resolves in part 
to “encourage civic, social, ethnic, 
cultural, and religious leaders to 
sensitize their communities and 
organizations to the subtlety of 
racial, age, and sexual orientation 
discrimination and the social and 
financial costs of such practices.” 

First steps are often the most 
difficult, but the WHCoA process 
did help advocates for gay and 
lesbian elders to outline the public 
policy measures needed for the 
years ahead. Those attending an 
officially recognized WHCoA 
pre-conference event last fall, 
“Diversity with a Difference: 
Serving Aging Gay Men and 
Lesbians,” drafted an agenda for 
the future [see below]. The con¬ 
ference was sponsored by the 
Lesbian and Gay Aging Issues 
Network of the American Society 
on Aging and cosponsored by 
New York’s Senior Action in a 
Gay Environment (SAGE) and the 
Center for Lesbian and Gay 
Studies of the City University of 
New York. 

The conference, attended by 
more than 130 people, including 
lesbian and gay people 60 or 
older, gay and straight 
researchers, and aging service 
providers, issued recommenda¬ 
tions aimed at assuring equal 
access to services and enhanced 
well-being for millions of older 
Americans who identify them¬ 
selves as lesbian or gay. The doc¬ 
ument submitted to the WHCoA 
stressed, “If our understanding of 
diversity fails to include those 
individuals whose sexual orienta¬ 
tion is different from the majority, 
millions of older people will con¬ 
tinue to be excluded. ...” 

The recommendations are 
excerpted here: 

Ensuring Access To Aging 
Services 

Funding must be provided to 
train and educate providers of 
aging services, administrators and 
researchers to increase their 


awareness of the concerns and 
needs of older gay men and les¬ 
bians, so that agencies and 
providers can effectively plan and 
implement programs and services 
that are sensitive to this popula¬ 
tion. Gay and lesbian elders must 
be included both as trainers and 
consultants in this process. 

Further, older gay men and les¬ 
bians must be included as a stand¬ 
ing category in nondiscrimina- 
tional funding and funds should 
be withheld from agencies that do 
not include gay and lesbian 
nondiscrimination clauses. 

Developing Healthcare 
Prevention And Education 
Policies Addressing Risk 
Factors for Gay/Lesbian 
Elders 

Both consumer and provider 
education is necessary to encour¬ 
age older lesbians to have yearly 
mammograms and Pap smears for 
early detection of reproductive 
cancers. Also, education and pre¬ 
vention activities, as well as social 
support services, must be institut¬ 
ed for the increasing number of 
gay men challenged with AIDS. 
Funds are essential for training 
both peer educators and profes¬ 
sional service providers. 

It is important for older men 
and women, both gay and hetero¬ 
sexual, to be included in trial drug 
studies. 

Substance abuse programs and 
service need to be developed and 
implemented that welcome gay 
men or lesbians and are sensitive 
to the particular stressors affecting 
this population. 

Addressing Homophobia 
and Eliminating the Pre¬ 
sumption of Heterosexuality 
Among Providers and Re¬ 
searchers 

Healthcare providers, in partic¬ 
ular, must be targeted for inten¬ 
sive educational efforts. Providers 
tend to assume their patients and 
clients are heterosexual when they 
take histories and develop care 
plans and intervention strategies. 
The result is misunderstanding 
and service provision that may 
exacerbate problems. Providers 
must become sensitive to the exis¬ 
tence, history, choices, needs, and 
experiences of gay and lesbian 
elders throughout their lifecourse. 

Research on the aging popula¬ 
tion must include lesbians and gay 
men as subjects, reviewers, and 
principle investigators. Questions 
about sexual identity, activity, and 
proclivity must be included in all 
surveys and questionnaires, so 
that the particular concerns of gay 
and lesbian elders can be identi¬ 
fied. 

Eliminating Legal and 
Continued on page 23 


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Celebrity co-chair Greg Louganis helps launch 
Passport ’95, this year’s edition of the AIDS fundraiser 
that is annually produced by Macy’s department stores. 

The always memorable fashion show/entertain¬ 
ment and food extravaganza will be at the Fort Mason 
Center Thursday and Friday, September 21 and 22. 
Thousands of fashion fans are expected to show up for 
the two-day event benefiting local and national 
HIV/AIDS organizations. 

For those who can’t make it to that shindig - which 
includes anyone who doesn’t already have a ticket, 
since it is already sold out except for a few $150 “run¬ 
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Macy’s Union Square store on Saturday, September 23. 

“Rhythms of Hope” is the theme of Passport ’95, the 
corporate sponsorship of which has grown to 30 organi¬ 
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As in previous years, proceeds 


from sales of the Bare Chest 
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Emergency Fund. This is the first 
time, however, that the monthly cal¬ 
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Under One Roof, located at 


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bank, Rainbow Flag Health 
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and Gay community: known 
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mother who the biological 
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Continued from page 3 

awarded a Master’s Degree in Social Welfare in 1958. 

Suttle practiced psychiatric social work with chil¬ 
dren and adolescents, seniors in crisis, and disturbed 
families in a variety of clinical and community set¬ 
tings in Ohio, Michigan, and California. 

After a six-year tenure as a manager with the San 
Francisco Department of Social Services, Suttle 
joined the staff of the San Francisco Redevelopment 
Agency. He attended the University of San Francisco 
Law School, was graduated in 1969, and was admit¬ 
ted to the California Bar in 1970. 

During his career with the Redevelopment Agency, 
Suttle was responsible for the creation of the Victorian 
Village - where 24 massive Victorian buildings in the 
Western Addition, containing 47 units, were carefully 


relocated to the area of Fillmore and Sutter, and those 
with great architectural significance were relocated to 
Biedeman Place. 

Also during his tenure, Suttle directed the A-2 
Western Addition project; during those years nearly 
10,000 units of new and rehabilitated housing were 
produced, as well as parks, neighborhood centers, and 
the commercial enclaves of Van Ness Avenue and 
Nihonmachi, according to a Redevelopment Agency 
spokesperson. 

A devout member of the Episcopal Church, Suttle 
was also the Senior Warden of the Vestry of St. 
Francis Episcopal Church and a member of the 
Finance Committee of the Diocese of California. 

A funeral will be held Saturday, September 23 at 
10:30 a.m. at St. Francis Episcopal Church, located at 
399 San Fernando Way. At Suttle’s request, the fami¬ 
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the process [of investigation] but 
doesn’t determine the results.” 

Turning directly to the 
Thomasson case, Kneedler said 
the plaintiff never took advantage 
of the “rebuttable presumption” to 
prove that he would not engage in 
homosexual acts. 

“So we have a burden of proof 
problem,” said Motz. 

“But not evidence that he did 
not rebut,” said Michael. “He did 
not rebut a charge that was never 
made.” 

Moore called it an “Orwellian 
scheme [that] ... presumes this 
class of people will break the law.” 

Up apprehensions! 

“‘I am gay’ is speech, and enti¬ 
tled to protection,” said Judge 
Motz, citing the June Hurley deci¬ 
sion, in which the Supreme Court 
denied Boston gays’ request to 
march in the St. Patrick’s Day 
Parade. 

“If this is speech,” he asked, 
“what compelling government 
interest is there to curtail it?” 

“When the statement is made it 
surfaces the apprehensions [of 
straight military men] and under¬ 
mines unit cohesion and privacy,” 
said Kneedler. Also, “it makes it 
more likely [the openly gay ser¬ 
vice member] will engage in acts.” 

“Isn’t it awfully dangerous to 
connect speech and propensity?” 
asked Michael. 

Luttig cautioned that “likeli¬ 
hood of conduct is not conduct.” 

The court is likely to make its 
decision known later this fall, pos¬ 
sibly as early as October. The 
Second Circuit will hear argu¬ 
ments on the Able case at about 
the same time, with its decision 
expected early in the year. 

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cited the ruling earlier this year in 
the Second Circuit, the Able case, 
which came to those conclusions 
in striking down the ban to gays 
openly serving in the military. 

Rocket docket 

Able involves six plaintiffs 
across the country and was con¬ 
structed as the principle test case 
of the “new” policy. The military 
seems to be dragging its feet on 
that case, but not on Thomasson. 
And the Fourth Circuit, known as 
“the rocket docket” for the speed 
with which it dispatches cases, 
used its own initiative to schedule 
the hearing in September. The 
Pentagon appeal of Able will be 
heard later this fall in New York. 

Edwin S. Kneedler, arguing for 
the government, said the policy 
“reflects the consensus of 
Congress, the president and the 
military.” Legal precedent says 
that “what Congress has 
addressed” is “entitled to consid¬ 
erable respect” by the court. 

Judge Luttig questioned if in 
fact the government was correctly 
interpreting the will of Congress. 
He posited that “the executive 
branch has attempted an end run 
with the definition” which “allows 
it to retain homosexuals who are 
silent.” 

“Why should we defer to 
Congress if the executive branch 
has not?” he asked. 

“When you admit you are gay 
you fall into the trap of the defini¬ 
tion,” offered Judge Michael. 
“What we have here is a dichoto¬ 
my: Saying ‘I am gay’ pushes it 
from an orientation [permitted 
under the regulations] to a propen¬ 
sity” to engage in prohibited con¬ 
duct. 

“Why?” he asked Kneedler. 

“The statement takes it out of 
the private into the public,” the 
attorney responded. “It triggers 


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Navy Lt. Paul G. Thomasson 
quietly slipped into the lead posi¬ 
tion of legally challenging the 
“new” policy of “Don’t Ask, 
Don’t Tell” in its likely course to 
the U.S. Supreme Court. The date 
was September 12, the place a fed¬ 
eral court house in Alexandria, 
Virginia only a few miles from the 
Pentagon. His case was being 
heard by a three-member panel of 
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 
Fourth Circuit. 

Thomasson began his chal¬ 
lenge March 2, 1994, when he 
delivered a letter stating “I am 
gay” to four rear admirals for 
whom he had directly served. The 
ten-year veteran aviator had 
received exemplary performance 
reviews from those men. Seven 
days after the letters were deliv¬ 
ered, the Navy initiated discharge 
proceedings against Thomasson 
and separated him from the ser¬ 
vice on June 15, 1995. He lost the 
initial round in court, and was now 
appealing that decision. 

The panelists are J. Michael 
Luttig (41 years old, nominated by 
President Bush in 1991), M. Blane 
Michael (52, Clinton-1993), and 
Diana G. Motz (52, Clinton- 
1994). Their knowledgeable and 
penetrating questioning of both 
parties indicated skepticism of 
many arguments put forth, but did 
little to reveal their likely verdict. 

Allan B. Moore, Thomasson’s 
attorney, argued that the policy 
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A Pentagon memorandum 
issued August 18 “encour¬ 
ages commanders and inquiry 
officers to conduct wide- 
ranging fishing expeditions 
into the private lives of gay 
soldiers, but not heterosexu¬ 
als, to determine if they are in 
violation of military regula¬ 
tions.” That charge comes in 
a September 7 letter from the 
Servicemembers Legal 
Defense Network (SLDN) 
signed by co-executive direc¬ 
tors C. Dixon Osbum and 
Michelle M. Benecke. 

“Policy on Homosexual 
Conduct in the Armed 
Forces” was issued by Judith 
A. Miller, General Counsel 
of the Department of 
Defense. The two-page 
memo covers investigation 
and discharge of personnel. 

In cases where a service 
member makes the statement 
that he or she is gay, the 
commander or inquiry officer 
may ask about sexual con¬ 
duct, “why he or she made 
the statement, and what he or 
she meant by the statement.” 

“Thus, although ‘sexual 
orientation’ [as defined by 
the Directives] in itself is not 


a basis for discharge ‘unless 
manifested by homosexual 
conduct’ ... it raises the pre¬ 
sumption that one engages in, 
or intends to engage in 
homosexual acts, and will 
result in separation unless the 
member successfully rebuts 
the presumption ... by virtue 
of the statement, the member 
bears the burden of proof.” 

SLDN charged that the 
memo “clearly contravenes 
the letter and intent of the 
new policy and provides 
strong evidence that the 
administration is violating 
laws requiring a good faith 
effort to implement the new 
policy as intended.” 

“The military simply may 
not use a statement of sexual 
identity to go searching for 
other grounds of discharge. 
Your instructions circumvent 
the clear limitations set forth 
in the new regulations and 
reduce administrative 
inquiries into fishing expedi¬ 
tions.” 

It asked Miller to rescind 
the memorandum “immedi¬ 
ately to bring the Department 
of Defense into compliance 
with current laws and regula¬ 
tions governing gays in the 
military.” ▼ 


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by Mary Ann Swissler 

San Francisco’s KGO Channel 7 has committed to 
airing a new public service announcement produced 
by San Francisco AIDS Foundation, entitled “No 
Regrets.” 

The 30-second piece was unveiled Thursday, 
September 7 at the Minna Gallery, along with a new 
poster and street outreach campaign done in conjunc¬ 
tion with Q Action and the Stop AIDS Project. The 
video’s producer, Elliot Ramos, described a marketing 
process for the PSA that included screenings at gay 
and lesbian film festivals in San Francisco, Chicago, 
and Los Angeles. 

Ramos, a Youth Prevention Service Associate with 
SFAF, said he believes the campaign’s language and 
sexually appealing artwork were done in a way which 
youth can identify with. Even so, he acknowledged, 
he knows that persuading other, controversy-shy TV 
stations to air the piece will be a tough sell. “[Gay 
issues] are always risky,” he said. “But given the cri¬ 
sis that exists in the city with HIV and young [gay and 
bisexual] men, we’re hopeful.” 

Out of 1,000 new infections this year, approxi¬ 
mately 650 will take place among gay or bisexual 
men, and more than half of those will be under the age 
of 26, according to Stop AIDS Project spokesman 
David Boyer. 

And yet, with the epidemic raging on, TV stations 
have to be careful not to offend anyone, and they 
broadcast AIDS PSAs only during or after David 
Letterman, or during concerts that air well after mid¬ 
night. Channel 7 General Manager Jim Toppings 
explained, “Your problem is that you want your PSA 
to speak to your target audience. In doing that, you 
tend to provide language and statements that are read¬ 
ily accessible to that group. But a mainstream audi¬ 
ence might be put off by [this].” 

He also praised the commercial’s straightforward 
approach, which he said is essential for it to work. 


“It’s got to speak to their issues” in a way that is hon¬ 
est enough for the target group to listen, he said, but 
without risking the wrath of community watchdog 
groups that are adept at getting advertising pulled over 
alleged violations of “community standards.” 

Outside the Bay Area, AIDS prevention advertise¬ 
ments are subject to even stricter community stan¬ 
dards, Toppings told 
the Bay Area 
Reporter. “We have 
a different commu¬ 
nity standard” here, 
he said, which 
allows a more pro¬ 
ductive relationship 
between the media 
and AIDS service 
groups than in other 
large metropolitan 
areas. KGO Channel 
7 has produced other 
PSAs with SFAF 
and sponsors the 
Annual AIDS Walk, 
and Toppings sits on 
the San Francisco 
AIDS Foundation 
board of directors. 

The only problem 
now will be the tim¬ 
ing of the commercial’s release, which comes at the 
start of the holiday season when free air time is hard¬ 
er to find, even during the wee hours in which public 
service spots are usually placed, Gordon said. 
Fortunately, though, even if the ad does get shunted 
off to what is perceived by many as the black hole of 
TV programming, Gordon believes that is an idyllic 
setting for it to reach its target audience. “It actually 
works to our benefit,” because many boys and men 
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Obituaries must be typed 
and no longer than 200 words. 
Please follow normal rules 
of capitalization - and no poetry. 
We reserve the right to edit for 
style, clarity, grammar and taste. 

If you're submitting a photo 
of the deceased, write their name 
on the back. If you include 
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write the person's name 
on the inside of the envelope flap. 

Deadline for all obituaries 
is Monday at 5 p.m. 

Bill Brown 

Oct. 1,1928 - Sept. 8,1995 

Few who worked in the Financial 
District in the late ’60s and the ’70s did 
not partake of Mr. 
Brown’s famous 
BBQ sauce on 
Thursday’s “Rib 
Day” at Sutter’s 
Mill. 

Born William 
Walden Brown in 
Chicago in 1928, 
Bill served in the 
Army in the 
Philippines at the 
end of World War 
II. After a tour in 
the Merchant 
Marines, he settled in San Francisco in 
the early 1950s. He was the chef at the 
old Jackson’s near Fisherman’s Wharf, 
but is most remembered as the head 
chef of Sutter’s Mill in its heyday. 

Bill passed away of cancer at the 
Veterans Administration Hospital in 
San Francisco on Friday, September 8. 
He is survived by two brothers and one 
sister, and leaves behind a multitude of 
friends, which due to his remarkable 
versatility are of all kinds, types and 
ages. 

A celebration of Bill’s life will be 
held on Saturday, September 30, 3-5 
p.m., at the Ton Kiang Restaurant, 3148 
Geary Blvd. His ashes will be spread at 
sea the following day, which would 
have been Bill’s 67th birthday. 

He was a fine and gentle man. ▼ 


John Rodriguez 

Dec. 12,1961 - Sept. 10,1995 

After a valiant eight-year struggle 
against the AIDS virus, John’s 
indomitable spirit left this world for the 
next one. At his side were his life part¬ 
ner, Ted, and his mother, Irene. He is 
also survived by his sisters, Yolanda and 
Kathy; his brothers, David and Steve; 
and also his stepdad, Leo. 

John was a man of infinite compas¬ 
sion and intelligence, always willing to 
help those in need. He was a former 
paramedic with San Francisco 
Ambulance Co. and Visiting Home 
Nurses Co.. He truly was an “angel” to 
all he encountered in this life. 

A memorial service will be held 
Thursday, Sept. 21, at 2 p.m. at Most 
Holy Redeemer Church, 100 Diamond 
St., SF. Donations may. be made to 
Project Open Hand in his memory. ▼ 


Scotty Thomas Steele 

Oct. 22,1965-Aug. 19,1995 

Scotty, aka Tony Gibson, a man 
with so much love energy for this world 
flew into the sun. 
In 1982, he came 
to San Francisco 
on a Greyhound 
bus from Los 
Angeles with a 
fistful of dollars 
and a heart of gold 
to spend on his 
friends and lovers. 
Scotty enjoyed lis¬ 
tening to NPR, 
keeping abreast of 
current political 
events, art, geog¬ 
raphy, traveling, driving - especially in 
his ragtop Le Car - to view points in 
and around the city, and just hanging 
out with friends at The Bagel, his 
“office.” 

In 1993, he moved to Hawaii and 
decided to fulfill his tremendous love 
for children by becoming a teacher. 
However, KS, pneumonia and the debil¬ 
itating effects of various illnesses and 
treatments cut short his educational 
goals, and he returned to San Francisco 
in 1995 to be with his close friends, 
Billy, Miles, Scott and others who sent 
him their love. 

Very special thanks to St. Mary’s 
Hospital, Visiting Nurses and Hospice, 
and SFGH Ward 86Yor providing com¬ 
fort care. 

Hunny Bunny, Garrett will always 
love you and looks forward to joining 
you in Heaven. T 


Steve J. Giusto 

April 4,1951 - Sept. 1,1995 

A true friend, Steve was loved by 
many. Bom in Everett, Massachusetts, 
he lived in Boston 
before moving to 
San Francisco in 
1980. He follows 
his lover Rick, 
who died of AIDS 
in 1986. 

Steve’s last job 
was at Tully-Wihr 
printers in Union 
City. He volun¬ 
teered at Project 
Inform in 1992, 
where he made 
many friends. He 
also was instrumental at helping to 
transform the card shop Does Your 
Mother Know in 1994. 

Steve fought many tough battles 
with AIDS over the past five years, 
bouncing back from severe illnesses. 
His last few months were at Coming 
Home Hospice, where he was cared for 
lovingly. 

Besides his many friends, Steve is 
survived by two brothers and three sis¬ 
ters. He was comforted in his last days 
by his dear sister. Dee Kelly, and his 
closest friends, Mark, Kerry, Jim, 
Gregg, Victor, Neil and Allen. A cele¬ 
bration of his life was held at Neil and 
Allen’s on Monday, September 4. 

To know Steve was to love him. ▼ 


Kalyn David 
Tranquils’son 
July 13, 1960 - Sept. 18,1994 

A year ago Kalyn left us to dance 
with the mother and the homed one. 
Priest, poet and bitchy queen, your ritu¬ 
als and poems will long be remem¬ 
bered, as will your attitude and refusal 
to be complacent. 

As one of the founders of the laven¬ 
der pagan network, Kalyn’s dream was 
realized in the first-ever Queer Spirit 
gathering held this year in California. 
The dance of life continues. 

Memorial donations can be made to: 
Kalyn Tranquils’son Lesbian/Gay Poets 
Scholarship Fund, c/o UC Riverside 
Foundation, 3148 Hinderaker Hall, 
Riverside, CA 92521 (Attn.: John 
Pincher) or Pagans With HIV/AIDS 
Fund, c/o Fellowship of the Spiral Path, 
Box 5521, Berkeley, CA 94705. 

Dance on, my brother. We’ll see you 
in the Summerland. V 


L ouis Philip Martin died in San 
Francisco, Sunday 13 August 
1995. Born in La Havana, Cube in 
1947 to a French father and a 
Cuban mother, he was sent at 14 to 
Miami to escape the Castro regime. 
He learned draughting at Miami- 
Dade Community Cbllege and 
became one of the fines designer- 
draughtsmen for the 
commercial foodser- 
vice industry in the 
U. S. From 1976 to 
1978, he had his own 
design firm. He came 
to San Francisco in 
1981 where he 
remained in the food- 
service industry until 
one and a half 
months before his 
death. 

He had a pro¬ 
found interest In all 
of the arts and was 
himself an artist and 
watercolorist. He 
particularly loved classical music. 
He was president of the S. F. Choral 
Soc. for several years and worked 
unflagingly on the organising of the 
concerts for that group. From 1990 
through 1994, he was also presi¬ 
dent of the Old First Choir and sin- 
glehandedly recruited many extra 
singers for the concerts of the Old 
First Choir and Orchestra concerts. 

He was fluent in English, 
French, and Spanish. He had a par¬ 
ticular command of the English 
language and had no tolerance for 
fakery of any kind from anyone. 


Paul Yount 

September 9,1995 

Paul Yount, environmental designer, 
project manager and art enthusiast, died 
Saturday, September 9, at age 41 due to 
AIDS complications. 

At a very early age, Paul began 
planning and building structures, rang¬ 
ing from backyard earthworks to 4H 
rabbitries. He attended University of 
Colorado at Boulder, then moved to the 
Bay Area to attend California College 
of Arts and Crafts, receiving a BFA in 
environmental design. He then 
embarked on a career in interior archi¬ 
tecture, working with Robinson and 
Mills (now RMW), Crocker Bank and 
Gensler & Associates, before co-found- 
ing The Rockridge Group, a project 
planning and management firm in San 
Francisco. 

Paul had an impeccable eye for 
beautiful things. He was a collector of 
contemporary art and supported local 
art and architecture, including the build¬ 
ing funds for the new San Francisco 
Museum of Modem Art and the New 
Main Library. 

Paul is survived by his partner, 
Mark Wilson; his parents, Mary and 
Emory Yount of Fullerton; and his 
brother, Roger of Vina del Mar, Chile; 
as well as friends and colleagues from 
around the world. 

Private funeral services will be held 
later this month. In lieu of flowers, 
donations may be sent to Project Open 
Hand or institutions/agencies involved 
in AIDS research. ▼ 


Christian Mueller 

September 8,1995 

On September 8, 24-year-old 
Christian Mueller of Berlin, Germany, 
International Mr. 
Deaf Leather 
1993-1994, passed 
away peacefully, 
surrounded by his 
family and friends. 
With the help of 
his three close 
friends, Gunter, 
Rachid and 

Sebastian, he had 
started a deaf 
leather community 
network through¬ 
out Europe, which 
led to the first Mr. Deaf Leather Europe 
competition, which was held in Berlin 
last June. He will be missed by his 
friends in America as well as all over 
the world. ▼ 


and could deflate the balloon of 
charlatanism with a few well-cho¬ 
sen, withering barbs. 

He not only designed kitchens 
but was himself a wonderful chef, 
adept at preparing French, Cuban, 
Chinese, and American cuisine. 

He loved parties and was an 

unsurpassed party giver. And he 

had that Dale 

Carnegie smile that 
could light up the 

dullest room. There 
was no guile in him. 

The proudest mo¬ 
ment of his life was 
the act of becoming 
an American citizen 
on 14 May 1991 at a 
ceremony commemo¬ 
rating the centennial 
of the U. S. Naturali¬ 
zation Service at the 
North Garrison on 
Angel Island. That 
event was followed 
four days later by a 
large Naturalization party in his 
apartment, catered, naturally, by 
himself. 

He is survived by his mother, 
sister, and brother and a large 
number of relatives in Florida, and 
by his best friend Mark of San 
Francisco. 

If there be such diaphanes as 
angels, Louis is one of them and is 
now in their company circling the 
vast void. 

There will be a party to cele¬ 
brate Louis’ life. Call 673.5368 for 
location and time. 


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Despite the high rate of HIV 
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the city, residents who wanted to 
attend homecare training sessions 
have had to travel to the other side 
of town - but that will change in 
the coming weeks. For the first 
time, the Bayview-Hunter’s Point 
Foundation for Community 
Improvement’s AIDS Services 
Department is offering an ongoing 
series of free workshops in the 
Bay View-Hunter’s Point area in 
conjunction with Home Care 
Companions. 

Volunteer Coordinator Beverly 
Jackson explained that the focus 
will be on problem-solving and 
discussions: “They’ll be doing 
things like lifting, helping to 
change dressings, and pain man¬ 
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pants - clients and family mem¬ 
bers of clients, including parents, 
siblings, cousins, aunts, and 
uncles - can be accommodated. 

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HIV/AIDS and the care partners 
helping them to be more confi¬ 
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Feb. 19,1949 - Aug. 17,1995 

Bob departed peacefully from this 
existence on Thursday evening, August 
17. He enjoyed the 
simple pleasures 
of life: being with 
his dog Sam, 
watching the sun 
set, and quiet 
nights at home in 
front of the fire¬ 
place. He leaves 
behind his family, 
many friends and 
his husband, Jeff. 
He will he missed 
by everyone. 

Bob believed in 
supporting the cause with words and 
deeds. He provided financial support to 
many lesbian and gay organizations. In 
addition, he was active as a volunteer 
for Project Inform and the San 
Francisco AIDS Foundation. 

“Perhaps the measure of life is not 
its length - but its love.” 

Donations can be made in Bob’s 
name to Project Inform, 1965 Market 
St., Ste. 220, San Francisco. CA. T 


Tom Kidwell 


April 15,1949 - Sept. 12,1995 

Bom Thomas Edward Kidwell II in 
Bradenton, Florida, of Russian ancestry 
- his hobby of 
genealogical 
research recently 
lead him to the dis¬ 
covery of his 
Native American 
ancestry as well. A 
man of varied and 
private talent, Tom 
created works of 
art with pen, pen¬ 
cil, charcoal and 
the camera. 
Annually he 
would create a 
Winter Season Remembrance, always 
of various and familiar composition, 
with a particular interpretation that was 
all Tom. 

Traveling the Earth extensively, 
always in search of an elusive grail, 
Tom left the planet simply, still on his 
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Jackson said. 

“This population is definitely 
in need of this kind of education,” 
department director Chineri 
Matawaki told the B.A.R. 

Matawaki anticipated that the 
forthcoming workshops will be 
warmly received. “I think there’s 
always been a willingness [among 
family members of PWAs] to help 
out, but there’s been so much 
secrecy,” she said. “We’re trying 
to demystify it and remove the 
stigma.” 

Part of that will be achieved, 
Jackson explained, by having 
healthcare professionals from 
HIV/AIDS agencies in the south¬ 
east corridor speaking and pre¬ 
senting. “They’ll be more familiar 
to the community.” 


Holistic and 
family-centered 

Matawaki said the holistic, 
family-centered approach of the 
workshop fits in with other work 
by the agency: “Oftentimes we 
have to do a lot of intervention, 
education, and counseling during 
the illness, and then after the 
client passes away.” 

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HEALTH PERSPECTIVE 




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The vaccine is given orally and with injections. 

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San Francisco General Hospital AIDS Program 


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hat do you know 
about AIDS 

Dementia Complex, 
or ADC? If you are 
like most people, probably not 
very much, even though symp¬ 
toms of ADC are estimated to 
occur in 60 percent of people with 
AIDS. 

As people live longer after a 
full-blown AIDS diagnosis, the 
incidence of neurological compli¬ 
cations is increasing. But AIDS 
Dementia Complex is distinctly 
different from pathologies associ¬ 
ated with HIV infection of the 
brain, such as toxoplasmosis, 
CMV encephalitis, or progressive 
multifocal leukoencephalopathy 
(PML). ADC may be present at 
any stage of HIV infection, but the 
most severe progressive manifes¬ 
tations appear in people with 
heavily compromised immune 
systems. 

The best way to effectively 
manage ADC is through early 
recognition of symptoms. And a 
new neurological assay developed 
to quickly and effectively measure 
early signs of ADC may provide a 
valuable tool in this fight. 

AIDS Dementia Complex was 
initially defined as a clinical syn¬ 
drome and results from the direct 
infection of the Central Nervous 
System (CNS) by HIV. The first 
symptoms of ADC can often go 
unrecognized or even misdiag¬ 
nosed as side effects of antiretro¬ 
viral therapy. These symptoms 
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culty concentrating, apathy, social 
withdrawal, psychomotor retarda¬ 
tion, or persistent mild headaches. 
In late stage manifestation, ADC 
can cause global dementia, para¬ 
plegia, and mutism. 

The cause of ADC is still 
unclear. Substances such as quino¬ 
linic acid, tumor necrosis factor 
(TNF), or other cytokines have 
been measured at greatly elevated 
levels at the onset of the first 
symptoms of ADC. But 
researchers have yet to determine 
if these substances lead to ADC or 
are “upregulated” as a result of 
ADC. Other theories involve 
structural abnormalities and the 
destruction of brain tissue leading 
to impaired brain function. 
Destruction of cerebral myelin - 
white tissue matter critical to the 
proper functioning of nerves and 
brain neurons - has been seen in 
association with ADC. And other 
researchers propose that host 
immune responses triggered by 
HIV infection of the CNS may be 
implicated in this destruction of 
white matter. 

Quinologic acid, a vital com¬ 
ponent of cerebrospinal fluid 
(CSF), has either a causative rble 
in brain dysfunction or serves as a 
surrogate marker for ADC. The 
degree of elevation of this acid 
parallels the degree of neurologic 
dysfunction. Moreover, in people 
treated with AZT, and therapies 
for opportunistic infections (OIs), 
quinologic acid levels decreased 
in tandem with symptomatic 
improvement. 

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF), 
or other cytokines may contribute 
to the pathogenesis of ADC. We 
know that TNF is consistently 
upregulated in the brains of 
PWAs. In a 1993 study, 
researchers noted the most signifi¬ 
cant change associated with ADC 
was elevated mRNA expression 
for TNF. It was hypothesized that 
TNF production resulting from 
chronic immune activation may 
have contributed to the pathogene¬ 
sis of ADC as well as bone mar¬ 
row suppression. 


blood-brain barrier 

Treatment of ADC has to be 
gauged against a drug’s ability to 
cross the blood-brain barrier. This 
wall of tissue effectively protects 
the brain from blood-borne 
pathogens as well as drugs 
designed to treat neurologic disor¬ 
ders. Studies have demonstrated 
that AZT effectively crosses the 
blood-brain barrier, but at doses 
(1,000 to 2,000 mg/day) that most 
people consider toxic and associ¬ 
ate with severe side effects. 

AZT can induce a reversal of 
neurologic dysfunction, not only 


in people with mild to moderate 
ADC, but also in people with 
severe and even end-stage ADC. 
However, we have yet to see con¬ 
clusive studies done with current¬ 
ly accepted dosing of 500-600 
mg/day, although some studies 
have shown marked improvement 
and resolution of symptoms in 
mild to moderate cases of ADC. 

In a ten-year retrospective 
study on PWAs in Amsterdam, the 
prevalence of ADC changed after 
the widespread use of AZT. 
Researchers reported that ADC 
rarely developed during AZT 
treatment in symptomatic HIV- 
infected people. Unfortunately, 
studies have yet to be done on 
whether other antiretrovirals, such 
as ddl, ddC, d4T or 3TC have sim¬ 
ilar results. 

The best tool for fighting ADC 
is early recognition of the symp¬ 
toms. However, most doctors 
treating PWAs do not have the 
staff nor the training to conduct 
intensive neuropsychological 
assessments to screen for the 
symptoms of ADC. Plus, even if 
they did, current assessments can 
overlook these symptoms because 
of the types of tests and methods 
used. 

However, with a newly 
designed assay called the HIV 
Dementia Scale or HDS, a quick 
and reliable assay may provide 
HIV practitioners with an impor¬ 
tant tool. Writing in the March 1, 
1995 edition of the Journal of 
AIDS , Dr. Christopher Power 
reported the development of the 
HDS. He and his colleagues con¬ 
cluded that the HDS “distinguish¬ 
es between AIDS patients with 
and without mild dementia, and is 
not unduly influenced by depres¬ 
sion.” 

Their assay identified ADC 
with “a greater sensitivity, positive 
predictive value, efficiency, and 
likelihood ratio” than current neu¬ 
ropsychological instruments. They 
attribute this effectiveness to the 
fact that the HDS emphasizes 
timed tasks, which are not mea¬ 
sured by other tests. The HDS is a 
relatively easy test to administer 
and could be done as a routine part 
of a patient exam. Furthermore, 
this test might be useful in moni¬ 
toring the course of ADC by quan¬ 
tifying the amount of brain dys¬ 
function and response to therapy. 

Neurologic complications of 
HIV infection represent a great 
uncharted area of AIDS research. 
As more and more people live 
longer with AIDS, we need to 
focus more research and effort on 
how and what HIV does to the 
brain. In an upcoming article in 
this column, we will look at other 
complications of HIV infection 
and neurologic function. ▼ 


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NATIONAL NEWS 


AIDS Working Group 
At Midpoint 


by Bob Roehr 

The group charged with evalu¬ 
ating all AIDS research sponsored 
by the National Institutes of 
Health (NIH), and helping to set 
those research priorities for the 
next five years, met Wednesday, 
September 13 in Washington, 
D.C. to report their progress and 
hear public comments. 

The AIDS Research 
Evaluation Working Group is a 
blue-ribbon panel of experts and 
activists, chaired by Princeton 
University professor and cancer 
researcher Arnold Levine, Ph.D. 
The group was announced in May 
by William Paul, M.D., Director 
of the Office of AIDS Research 
(OAR) at NIH. Its final report is 
due in January. 

Paul, in opening the session, 
called AREWG’s work “the most 
ambitious review undertaken ... 
essential to development of a 
coherent plan” of AIDS research. 
It combines investigators, scien¬ 
tists, and community groups, 
comprising “both expertise and 
disinterest” necessary to the 
process. 

Dr. Levine said group mem¬ 
bers have organized their work 
around six working panels: 
Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, 
Vaccine Research and 
Development, Etiology and 
Pathogenesis, Behavioral and 
Social Science Research, and 
Natural History and 
Epidemiology. 

To date, he said, “most of the 
hard work has been in understand¬ 
ing these programs” of NIH: “Are 
they meeting their goals or have 
they failed in instituting these pro¬ 
grams?” 

The second phase of their 
efforts will ask the questions 
“What is missing?” and “How can 
we put things together that will 
synergize?” 

Subsequent presentations dealt 
primarily with how each panel has 


grappled with specific problems 
of structuring their inquiries, set¬ 
ting goals, and gathering the nec¬ 
essary data. 

Public invective 

Public comment, often laced 
with invective, was dominated by 
a cadre of speakers affiliated with 
ACT UP New York. The most 
common thread running through 
them was a push for study of non- 
traditional medicines - herbals, 
vitamins, anti-oxidants - among 
the research protocols of NIH. 

Another was a push for greater 
community input. “How can you 
evaluate research without more 
openly soliciting the views of 
those most affected?” questioned 
Ann Northrop. “It strikes me as 
masturbation.” 

Activist Mark Harrington is a 
member of the Treatment Action 
Group (TAG) and of the Working 
Group. He is still “a little opti¬ 
mistic about it,” but he is frustrat¬ 
ed with the slow pace. “It has 
taken much longer than people 
thought to get information out of 
the different NIH agencies.” 

He is encouraged by the fact 
that “some really good scientists 
from outside AIDS are coming in 
and asking some really tough 
questions. ... Whether or not the 
recommendations will actually be 
implemented is another big ques¬ 
tion.” 

Lynda Dee, a panelist and 
member of AIDS Action 
Baltimore, shares the ambiva¬ 
lence. “It’s hard for me to say, 
because I’m in the middle of 
doing it. But it’s government and 
it’s a matter of vigilance, of doing 
your work, and being prepared, 
and never saying die. The same 
old thing.” 

Public meetings of the six pan¬ 
els will take place in various cities 
in October and November. The 
exact times and places cannot be 
released, by law, until published 
in the Federal Register. ▼ 


Aging 

Continued from page 14 

Social Barriers Facing Care¬ 
givers and Survivors 

All along the continuum of 
care, the right of legal spouses and 
biological kin are recognized 
regarding access to information, 
visitation and participation in 
decision making. For example, the 
law recognizes the inheritance 
rights of legal spouses and “next 
of kin” automatically in the 
absence of a probated will while 
long-term, same-sex partnerships 
are not accorded the same recog¬ 
nition. Local state and federal 
laws must be enacted to protect 
the interests of lesbian and gay 
persons and their partners in these 
areas. 

Further, the primary social- 
support system for many gay and 
lesbian elders is based on friend¬ 
ship networks, rather than a fami¬ 
ly kinship network. People in 
these support systems are seldom 
accorded the same rights and 
respect as blood relatives in mak¬ 
ing financial, legal, medical, and 
other care decisions, such as in the 
event of incapacity. Educational 
forums and printed materials on 
the available legal tools older gay 
men and lesbians can utilize in 
such situations should be devel¬ 
oped and made widely available. 

Ensuring That Fair 
Housing Practices Include 
Gay and Lesbian Elders and 
Remove Barriers to Develop¬ 
ment of Sensitive Housing 
Alternatives 


Although there was no clear 
consensus on housing options 
needed in addition to choices pre¬ 
ferred by heterosexual elders, 
many older gay men and lesbians 
desire housing that is located near 
community-based resources that 
support their cultural norms. Also, 
gay and lesbian elders are orga¬ 
nizing to form senior communities 
that are predominantly homosexu¬ 
al or bisexual. Conferees recom¬ 
mended that barriers to “sectari¬ 
an” communities be eliminated. 
All housing settings need to adapt 
to a standard that includes les¬ 
bians and gay men. Also, incen¬ 
tives should be created to assist 
the market in responding to the 
housing needs of lesbian and gay 
elders. 

Further, many low-income 
older gay men and lesbians are 
reluctant to apply for and use low- 
income housing programs 
because of fears they will experi¬ 
ence discrimination in their appli¬ 
cation or be socially ostracized. 
HUD antidiscrimination provi¬ 
sions should be amended to pro¬ 
hibit discrimination based on sex¬ 
ual orientation. 

Additionally, training and edu¬ 
cational opportunities for housing 
managers must be developed to 
foster an environment where older 
gay men and lesbians not only 
gain access to housing opportuni¬ 
ties, but also their social accep¬ 
tance as residents. 

Moreover, the Fair Housing 
Act must be amended to specifi¬ 
cally include gay men and les¬ 
bians among those targeted for 
protection against discrimination 
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hen NIDA (National 
Institute on Drug 
Abuse) refused to 
allow Dr. Donald 
Abrams of UCSF to start his trial 
on smoking marijuana as an AIDS 
treatment, they cited flaws in the 
study design as their reason. It 
would certainly be surprising if 
the honchos at NIDA, who are a 
bunch of cops, knew more about 
science than Dr. Abrams, one of 
the leading AIDS researchers, and 
his Institutional Review Board 
(IRB) of top scientists. But the 
simple fact is that if you’re 
opposed to a scientific study, the 
best way to bash it is to denounce 
it as “Bad Science,” since the 
mainstream media is largely inca¬ 
pable of distinguishing between 
medical bullshjt and iacts. 

NIDA specified that the study 
was too small (certainly an easy 
enough problem to remedy!) and 
that there was “too little scientific 
oversight.” This little phrase 
reveals NIDA’s true concern in 
this matter: they fear that the “sub¬ 
jects” will sell their “experimental 
treatment” on the street! Thus they 
take the stand that defending pub¬ 
lic morals is more important than 
saving lives and attempt to con¬ 
ceal this hardheartedness behind a 
facade of purely scientific con¬ 
cern. 

The notion that the patients 
will sell their dope misses a vital 
point: we actually need the stuff 
ourselves. Anybody who’s stood 
next to me in a circle waiting for 
the joint to come around knows 
how hard it is to get marijuana 
away from me. And if I were will¬ 
ing to sell my drugs, I could sell 
my marinol. 

Nowadays many studies are 
flawed by subject noncompliance 
- they don’t take all of the drug or 
they don’t take it when they’re 
supposed to. I’m sure that this 
study would have few such com¬ 
pliance problems. I suspect that 


AZT+ddl+3TC vs. 
AZT+ddl+Nevirapine vs. 
AZT+ddl+placebo 



NIDA is against the study because 
they’re afraid that we’ll enjoy it 
too much. 

Given how few effective treat¬ 
ments there are for AIDS, how 
expensive they are, and the dimin¬ 
ishing resources available to pro¬ 
vide them, the verification of a 
treatment that is, essentially, free - 
you can grow it in a window box - 
should be a top priority. It’s so 
widely in use, and its clinical 
effectiveness has been demon¬ 
strated so often, that if it weren’t 
clouded by anti-drug morality, it 


Commentary 


would already be a front-line treat¬ 
ment. 

Instead, insurers, including 
Uncle Sam, pay thousands of dol¬ 
lars for marinol, which is less 
effective. The taxpayer gets 
gouged, PWAs die - all sacrifices 
to the so-called “War on Drugs.” 

Evil science 

At least NIDA had the decency 
to make some attempt to justify 
their charge. A recent guest edito¬ 
rial by an animal rights activist in 
one of the local dailies inveighed 
against the planned baboon bone 
marrow transplant involving a 
PWA. “It’s bad science!” she 
shrilled, but there was nothing in 
her piece to substantiate the 
charge - or even to show that she 
knew anything about the study 
itself or the whole field in ques¬ 
tion. 

When she denounced the trans¬ 
plant as “bad science,” she really 
meant that it was “evil science.” 
Bad science is studies that can’t 
answer the questions they’re 
designed to investigate. Evil sci¬ 
ence is studies that work, but 
toward some counterproductive 
end. Many would consider the 
development of the atomic bomb 
the prime example of “evil sci¬ 
ence.” 

There’s no reason to doubt that 
the baboon study will answer a 
number of vital questions, whether 
or not the guinea pig survives. 
And this is exactly what that edi¬ 
torialist fears: that baboon trans¬ 
plants will become common. 
She’s against this heartless sacri¬ 
fice of primates, but knows that if 
she makes the argument “Let your 
wife, your husband, your children 
die; just spare this poor baboon!” 
that 99 percent of the public will 
flock to the opposite side. So she 
covers her sincere but weak argu¬ 
ment with a huffy and empty 
screed against “bad science.” 

Of course, there is plenty of 
genuinely bad science out there. 
The worst AIDS study I ever saw 
was Dr. Strieker’s evaluation of 
DNCB. This study, which the 
DNCB Now! crowd cites endless¬ 
ly when they’re disrupting activist 
events (odd how they’ve never 
zapped a corporate or government 
target, only activists), lacks any 
validity. Strieker basically took 25 
PWAs, gave them DNCB, and 
then split them into two groups, 
those who responded well and 
those who did poorly. Strieker 
then designated the non-respon- 
ders his control group! Naturally, 
the “treatment” group did better 
than the control group - since 
they’d been selected on this basis. 

The point is that with a selec¬ 
tion process so badly polluted, the 
study can’t work, can’t answer the 
basic question of whether or not 
the treatment is effective. No mat¬ 
ter how long it runs or what results 
it gets, its very design renders it 
incapable of yielding useful 
knowledge. This is the definition 
of bad science. 

On one occasion at a Chinese 
Medicine and AIDS conference, I 
attempted to ask Dr. Strieker about 
this flaw. Instead of answering, he 
signaled to his goon squad in the 


audience, and they began a disrup¬ 
tion that ended the panel. Dr. 
Strieker, it would ,e u. >.■ bettei .» 
dodging questions than answering 
them. 


Pot boiler 

There are a number of factors 
that encourage bad science. A 
prime candidate for a rotten study 
is the planned research on thalido¬ 
mide by the Celgene corporation. 
The FDA is against allowing PWAs 
to use thalidomide, entirely out of 
ideological principle. They decide 
when a drug is safe, not some 
group of activists. They’ve been 
wanting to clamp down on the buy¬ 
ers clubs that provide it, but have 
been hampered by fear of the bad 
PR that comes from denying dying 
people a lifesaving treatment. If 
thalidomide were available in some 
controlled way, it would get them 
off that moral hook and let them 
close down independent distribu¬ 
tion of the drug. 

Along comes Celgene. This 
failing pharmaceutical corporation 
has been losing money for years, 
and has been frantically and 
unsuccessfully searching for 
someone to buy them out. They 
offer to do a study and provide 
“compassionate access” with cost 
recovery to those not eligible. 

The FDA is thrilled. They rub¬ 
ber-stamp the study in a few days 
and send letters to the buyers 
clubs, saying that now that a study 
is in the works, they must stop 
selling thalidomide. 

Unfortunately, there are many 
reasons to suspect that the study is 
poorly designed and will be poor¬ 
ly run. “Cost recovery” allows a 
company to sell an unapproved 
drug at premium prices. Serono, 
the first company to get “cost 
recovery” for its human growth 
hormone, is clearly making out 
like a bandit on it. 

Celgene is only going to be 
around as an independent entity 
for about another year. By then it 
will be bought up or have folded. 
So they just need something to 
keep the pot boiling. Getting 
inflated prices for a cheap, safe, 
already mass-produced drug for a 
year could be just the thing to keep 
them afloat. But it doesn’t matter 
if the study works or not, because 
by the time it’s over, the issue of 
their survival will have been 
decided. And having a promising 
study-in-progress could help them 
find a buyer. If the study fizzles 
after the purchase, it scarcely mat¬ 
ters. 

Activists’ main problem with 
Celgene’s design is the “compas¬ 
sionate access” part, which is 
designed to be so restrictive and 
difficult that it channels people 
into the placebo-controlled study. 
This makes it easier for Celgene to 
recruit subjects and effectively 
denies access to hundreds of des¬ 
perate PWAs (while gouging those 
who can get it through inflated 
“cost recovery” pricing). 

It’s no surprise that Celgene 
developed this plan without any 
input from the activist community. 
However, the FDA, instead of pro¬ 
tecting our interests, was so hot to 
get some thalidomide study, any 
study, started as soon as possible 
that they sided with Celgene. 
Instead of demanding the study be 
revised, they’re demanding that 
the buyers clubs stop selling the 
drug. This definitely encourages 
both bad science and evil science. 

It’s not impossible to get good 
science from such a convoluted 
web of tangled self-interests, but it 
sure ain’t easy. The FDA is, in this 
case, actively encouraging bad sci¬ 
ence, a complete travesty of its 
intended role. The FDA wants to 
reassert their absolute authority; 
Celgene wants to make some easy 
money; I only want to live, but I’m 
a lot less likely to be happy with 
the outcome of this situation than 
those two big organizations. ▼ 


PAGE 24-BAY AREA REPORTER-September 21. 1995 






































Works for me! 
Have a nice 




Smiley’s suggestions #76 

Ways to avoid thinking 
about the destruction of 
Medicaid and Medicare 


1. Watch Melrose Place reruns 

2. Wash scooter 

3. Pretend that Medicaid and Medicare don’t 
aftect people with AIDS 
In fact, pretend there is no AIDS! 

Decide: which doctor on E.R. is cutest? 
Reupholster your Soloflex 
Renew subscription to International Male 
Complain: I never have enough shoes! 

Forget that even Reagan refused to 
block-grant Medicaid and Medicare 

10. Be, like, totally apathetic 


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he American Psycholo- 

II gical Association 

. announced a decision this 
week in 1976 that helped 
reduce some of the stigma of 
same-sex parenting, at a time 
when America’s homophobic 
court system had all the ammuni¬ 
tion it needed to deny child cus¬ 
tody to gay men and - in particu¬ 
lar - lesbians who had come out of 
the closet. 

APA adopted a policy state¬ 
ment on September 25, 1976 
titled “Child Custody or 
Placement” which read, “Sex, 
gender identity, or sexual orienta¬ 
tion of natural, or prospective 
adoptive or foster parents should 
not be the sole or primary variable 
considered in custody or place¬ 
ment cases,” according to Clinton 
Anderson, head of the APA’s Gay 
and Lesbian Concerns Office. 

In the early 1970s, recalled San 
Franciscan Pnina Tobin, “You 
couldn’t be an out lesbian and a 
mother, then. ... We were always 
having rallies [in Los Angeles as 
well as in San Francisco] to sup¬ 
port the ones who were losing cus¬ 
tody.” As a support group facilita¬ 
tor for single straight and lesbian 
mothers, Tobin had ringside seats 
to watch courts and spiteful ex- 
husbands heap injustices upon les¬ 
bians who were just coming out. 

One of the women in Tobin’s 
lesbian mothers support group lost 


custody during the mid-70s after 
an article appeared in the Los 
Angeles Times without sufficiently 
disguising the woman’s true iden¬ 
tity, she recalled. 

“It affected my relationship so 
much, because I was always so 
worried about custody,” Tobin 
said. “Internally it had a much big¬ 
ger effect. ... I never resented the 
kids because of it, I just resented 
the circumstances.” 

She and her lover never lived 
together, but they were eventually 
found out in 1973. Once word got 
around, the school where she and 
her girlfriend taught classes failed 
to renew her contract. 

The APA’s child custody stance 
was a specific application of their 
broader January 1975 decision in 
which they concurred with the 
American Psychiatric Association 
that homosexuality should be 
stricken from the approved list of 
mental and nervous disorders, 
according to APA spokesman 
Doug Fizel. A task force was con¬ 
vened to deal with child custody 
issues, and later school teachers, 
he said. 

Fizel emphasized that progress 
within the ranks of psychologists 
and psychiatrists came about only 
through the efforts of the 
Association of Gay Psychologists, 
beginning in 1973. 

More recently, according to 
Fizel, APA officials filed an ami¬ 
cus brief in support of Virginia les¬ 
bian mom Sharon Bottoms. ▼ 


Bay View 

Continued from page 21 

Bayview-Hunters Point: “The 
biggest issue is the family not 
wanting to admit [a client has] 
AIDS,” she said. “A lot of times 
they don’t want to say the word.” 

And unfortunately, she added, 
they feel they have to face their 
problems alone. 

“Often [caregivers] don’t 
know that there’s lots of support 
out there for them. Another barri¬ 
er is that most of the agencies that 
supply the assistance are located 
all the way across town, in a part 
of San Francisco that they have 
not frequented - at all. 

“At one time our biggest barri¬ 
er was getting clients all the way 
across town to fill out the forms.” 

Jackson added that by simply 
allowing an inter-agency form 
processing to go on, agencies like 
AIDS Emergency Fund and 
Project Inform have removed bar¬ 
riers to services that had been 
insurmountable for many in 
Bayview-Hunters Point. 

“Then, very common in 
African-American communities, 
is the resistance to dealing with 


medical professionals - period. 
And that’s something we have to 
overcome.” 

She acknowledged that many 
established HIV/AIDS service 
providers in the city have taken 
steps towards outreach. Differing 
ways of tailoring available ser¬ 
vices to the needs of the client are 
important, she said, not only for 
treatment goals but in undoing 
years of conditioning. 

“It’s not like the Castro, where 
there are positive culturally-sensi- 
tive messages everywhere you 
look,” she told the B.A.R. “Sure, 
they have an infection rate, but 
they really have turned the tide. 

“If we had as many HIV pre¬ 
vention and STD [posters and bill¬ 
boards] as we have cigarette and 
liquor ads, it would certainly give 
us more support.” T 

The free workshops will 
be held September 21, 25, 27, 
and 29 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. 
at The Bayview-Hunter's 
Point Foundation offices, 
located at 5815 Third Street. 
For information or to register 
call Beverly Jackson or 
Sharon Gould at (415) 822- 
7500. 


China 


Continued from page 1 

ences to it had no place in a U.N. 
document. 

Mary Ann Glendon, head of the 
Vatican’s delegation, criticized the 
conference documents for “paper 
promises” unbacked by financial 
commitments and for “preoccupa¬ 
tion with sexual issues.” 

But Conference Secretary- 
General Gertrude Mongella said 
the delegates kept aflame a com¬ 
mon vision and goal of equality, 
development, and peace. “Our 
platform, which represents a glob¬ 
al consensus for social change, 
cannot now be hidden away and 
allowed to collect dust,” Mongella 
said. “The real work of transform¬ 
ing words into action is only now 
beginning,” she added. “We have 
taken the decisive, irreversible step 
forward; there is no going back.” 

The platform affirms that 
reproductive rights rest on the 


recognition of all couples and 
individuals to decide freely and 
responsibly the number, spacing 
and timing of their children, and 
to have the information and means 
to do so. 

It also calls for the elimination 
of gender-based violence and all 
forms of sexual harassment, pros¬ 
titution, pornography, sexual slav¬ 
ery and exploitation, including 
violations resulting from cultural 
prejudice, racism, xenophobic 
ethnic cleansing, religious and 
anti-religious extremism and 
international trafficking in women 
and children.” 

The platform urges countries to 
review penalties against women 
securing illegal abortions, deplores 
inadequate recognition for unpaid 
work, and sanctions universal 
healthcare for women as well as 
more funds to educate girls. 

Children’s rights to confiden¬ 
tiality, respect, and informed con¬ 
sent are deemed paramount to 
parental control. ▼ 


PAGE 26-BAY AREA REPORTER-September 21. 1995 





























HEALTH & COMMUNITY 


ACT UP Golden Gate: meets Tues. 
nights, 7pm at 592 Castro St. Info: 252- 
9200. 

ACT UP SF: committed to ending the 
AIDS crisis thru direct action. 1388 Haight 
St., #218 94117. Info: 522-2907. 

AIDS Benefits Counselors: Professional 
review and counseling about benefits for 
people with AIDS/HIV+. Free. For intake 
scheduling, screening, referral, call 558- 
9845. 

AIDS Dementia Unit at St. Mary's Med. 
Center seeks volunteers. Call Ed Schultz 
750-4976. 

AIDS Health Project: Mixed caregivers 
and women's caregivers groups; drop-in 
groups for HIV+ and PWA, more. Info, 
intake interviews: 476-3902. 

Alternative Family Project offers low- 
fee family counseling, support groups, 
community forums for families with les¬ 
bian, gay, bisexual and transgendered 
members. Next forum on Sept. 29, 2- 
3:30pm. Call for info: 566-5683. 

Bereavement Groups for family, friends 
and partners who have lost a loved one to 
AIDS. Visiting Nurses and Hospice of SF. 


LEGAL NOTICES 


7504404. 

Clinica Esperanza, the HIV Clinic at 
Mission Neighborhood Health Center 

provides comprehensive bilingual HIV ser¬ 
vices. Sliding scale fees. 431-3212. 

Community United Against Violence 

needs volunters to work their crisis line. 
Training begins end of September. Call 
Nhu at 777-5500. 

Comprehensive Outreach Project for 
Asian Substance Abusers: reduced risk 
of HIV infection thru counseling and treat¬ 
ment referrals. Multilingual. 541-9404. 

Consortium for AIDS Volunteer 
Services seeks volunteers to provide 
practical and emotional support for East 
Bay PWAs. Volunteer training Sept. 22-24. 
Call Eric, (510) 655-3435. 

Continuum HIV Day Services: an adult 
day health care facility for people with dis¬ 
abling HIV disease, located in the 
Tenderloin. Call 241-5500. 

Ellipse-Peninsula AIDS Services: 

Support groups, emotional & practical 
buddy program, food program and case 
management for PWAs. 572-9702. 


Extra Positives: Social support group for 
HIV+ men under 40. Info: 522-9477. 

FABRIC, a support/social group for gay, 
lesbian, bisexual, transgender and ques¬ 
tioning Asian and Pacific Islander youth 
25-under, has drop-in every Tues., 6-8pm. 
GCHP, 30 Pearl St. 575-3939, x318/ x504. 

Gay Men's STD/VD Clinic: Testing & 
treatment by & for gay men. free, every 
Sun. 5-7 pm. HIV antibody anonymous 
testing for women & men 12 or older, 
every Sun., 5-7 pm. 2339 Durant Ave at 
Dana. Berkeley. Wheelchair accessible. 
644-0425 (non-voice TDD 548-8238 for 
disabled). 

Gay Young Spirit, a new gay young 
men's social group (18-35) with a focus on 
spirituality, meets every other Thurs., 
7:30pm, in SF. Call 703-7181. 

Linea de Ambiente: Information, referral 
and emotional support for gay, lesbian and 
bi latinos regarding immigration, HIV, 
social services, a project of Gente Latina 
de Ambiente (GELAAM). 243-9534. 

Lyon-Martin Women's Health Center: 

Primary health care for women by women. 
Counseling, anonymous testing, preven¬ 
tion education, support groups for HIV + 


FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 
STATEMENT FILE NO. 198334 

The following person(s) are doing busi¬ 
ness as I SITE INTERNET SOLUTIONS, 
915 Cole Street, #356, San Francisco, CA 
94117: KENNETH WALKER CLUFF, 915 
Cole Street, #356, San Francisco, CA 
94117. Registrant(s) commenced busi¬ 
ness under the above fictitious business 
name on the date of N/A. This business is 
conducted by an individual. Signed KEN 
CLUFF. This statement was filed with the 
County Clerk of the City and County of 
San Francisco, CA on August 30, 1995. 

Sept. 07, 14, 21, 28, 1995 

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 
STATEMENT FILE NO. 198060 

The following person(s) are doing busi¬ 
ness as BILL McKEMMA & ASSOCI¬ 
ATES, 412 Dolores Street, San Francisco, 
CA 94110: WILLIAM McKENNA, 412 
Dolores Street, San Francisco, CA94110. 
Registrant(s) commenced business under 
the above fictitious business name on the 
date of August 21, 1995. This business is 
conducted by an individual. Signed 
WILLIAM McKENNA. This statement was 
filed with the County Clerk of the City and 
County of San Francisco, CA on August 
21. 1995. 

Aug. 31, 1995, Sept. 07,14, 21,1995. 


FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 
STATEMENT FILE NO. 198180 

The following person(s) are doing busi¬ 
ness as WILDER DESIGN, 1627 Larkin 
Street, San Francisco, CA 94109: KEVIN 
T. WILDER, 1627 Larkin Street, San 
Francisco, CA 94109. Registrant(s) com¬ 
menced business under the above ficti¬ 
tious business name on the date of 
August 24, 1995. This business is con¬ 
ducted by an individual. Signed KEVIN 
WILDER. This statement was filed with 
the County Clerk of the City and County of 
San Francisco, CA on August 24, 1995. 

Aug. 31,1995, Sept. 07,14, 21,1995. 

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 
STATEMENT FILE NO. 198622 

The following person(s) are doing busi¬ 
ness as BOTH COAST BOOK COMPA¬ 
NY, 882 14th Street, San Francisco, CA 
94114: LUCY BERNHOLZ, 882 14th 
Street, San Francisco, CA 94114 and 
MARTHA JOAN BERNHOLZ, 325 
Columbus Avenue, Boston, MA 02116. 
Registrant(s) commenced business under 
the above fictitious business name on the 
date of Sept. 11, 1195. This business is 
conducted by co-partners. Signed LUCY 
BERNHOLZ. This statement was filed 
with the County Clerk of the City and 
County of San Francisco, CA on 
September 11, 1995. 

Sept. 21, 28,1995 Oct. 5,12,1995. 

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 
STATEMENT FILE NO. 198659 

The following person(s) are doing busi¬ 
ness as A & D APPLIANCE, SERVICES, 
234 6th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 
94118: ABRAHAM K. ALVARAZ. 

Registrant(s) commenced business under 
the above fictitious business name on the 
date of Sept. 01, 1195. This business is 
conducted by an individual. Signed 
ABRAHAM ALVARAZ. This statement 
was filed with the County Clerk of the City 
and County of San Francisco, CA on 
September 12, 1995. 

Sept. 21, 28,1995 Oct. 5,13,1995. 

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 
STATEMENT FILE NO. 198768 

The following person(s) are doing busi¬ 
ness as W.E.L. TAX SERVICE, 1728 
Union Street, Suite 102, San Francisco, 
CA 94123: WILLIAM E. LENTINI, 687 
42nd Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94121. 
Registrant(s) commenced business under 
the above fictitious business name on the 
date of Sept. 18, 1995. This business is 
conducted by an individual. Signed 
WILLIAM LENTINI. This statement was 
filed with the County Clerk of the City and 
County of San Francisco, CA on 
September 18, 1995. 

Sept. 21, 28,1995 Oct. 5, 12,1995. 


FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 
STATEMENT FILE NO. 18352 

The following person(s) are doing busi¬ 
ness as ALL FOURS, 303 Scott Street, 
San Francisco, CA94117: LLOYD CAMP¬ 
BELL WILSON, 303 Scott Street, San 
Francisco, CA 94117 and MARK 
CHARLES POULIN, 1633 Ninth Street, 
Berkeley, CA 94710. Registrant(s) com¬ 
menced business under the above ficti¬ 
tious business name on the date of 
August 31, 1995. This business is con¬ 
ducted by a general partnership. Signed 
LLOYD C. WILSON. This statement was 
filed with the County Clerk of the City and 
.. County of San Francisco, CA on August 
31, 1995. 

Sept. 07,14, 21,28,1995 


ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR 
CHANGE OF NAME FILE NO. 

971762 

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE 
STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND FOR THE 
COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, in the 
matter of the application of SCOTT 
JAMES TALBOT for change of name. The 
application of SCOTT JAMES TALBOT for 
change of name, having been filed in 
Court, and it appearing from said applica¬ 
tion that SCOTT JAMES TALBOT has 
filed an application proposing the HIS 
name be change to SCOTT MILLER 
FIORE. Now, therefore, it is herby ordered 
and directed, that al persons interested in 
said matter do appear before this Court in 
Department X-4 on the 26th day of SEP¬ 
TEMBER 1995, AT 9:00 O’clock am, of 
said day to show cause why the applica¬ 
tion for change of name should not grant¬ 
ed. It is further ordered that a copy of this 
Order be published in the BAY AREA 
REPORTER a newspaper of general cir¬ 
culation, printed in said county, at least 
once each week for four successive 
weeks prior to the day of said hearing. 
Dated this day of August 15, 1995. 

Aug. 31,1995, Sept 07,14, 21,1995. 


ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR 
CHANGE OF NAME FILE NO. 
971859 

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE 
STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND FOR THE 
COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, in the 
matter of the application of STEVEN 
JOSEPH ZEMBO for change of name. 
The application of STEVEN JOSEPH 
ZEMBO for change of name, having been 
filed in Court, and it appearing from said 
application that STEVEN JOSEPH 
ZEMBO has filed an application propos¬ 
ing the HIS name be change to STEVEN 
JOSEPH ZIEMBA. Now, therefore, it is 
herby ordered and directed, that al per¬ 
sons interested in said matter do appear 
before this Court in Department X-4 on 
the 27th day of SEPTEMBER 1995, AT 
9:00 O’clock am, of said day to show 
cause why the application for change of 
name should not granted. It is further 
ordered that a copy of this Order be pub¬ 
lished in the BAY AREA REPORTER a 
newspaper of general circulation, printed 
in said county, at least once each week for 
four successive weeks prior to the day of 
said hearing. Dated this day of August 18, 
1995. 

Aug. 31, 1995, Sept 07,14, 21,1995. 


FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 
STATEMENT FILE NO. 198110 

The following person(s) are doing busi¬ 
ness as OCEAN GYM, 1850 Ocean 
Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94112: 
POWER HOUSE GYM OF SAN FRAN¬ 
CISCO, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, 
1850 Ocean Avenue, San Francisco, CA 
94112. Registrant(s) commenced busi¬ 
ness under the above fictitious business 
name on the date of August 22, 1995. 
This business is conducted by a corpora¬ 
tion. Signed NOEL SANCHEZ, PRESI¬ 
DENT. This statement was filed with the 
County Clerk of the City and County of 
San Francisco, CAon August 22, 1995. 

Aug. 31,1995, Sept. 07, 14, 21,1995 


FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 
STATEMENT FILE NO. 197584 

The following person(s) are doing busi¬ 
ness as SHOW 59 PRODUCTIONS, 
1542 Grove Street, San Francisco, CA 
94117: HUMPHREY WOU, 1542 Grove 
Street, San Francfsco, CA 94117. 
Registrant(s) commenced business under 
the above fictitious business name on the 
date of July 1, 1995. This business is con¬ 
ducted by an individual. Signed 
HUMPHREY WOU. This statement was 
filed with the County Clerk of the City and 
County of San Francisco, CA on August 
01, 1995. 

Sept. 07, 14, 21, 28, 1995 

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 
STATEMENT FILE NO. 198284 

The following person(s) are doing busi¬ 
ness as BLACK AND BLUE TATTOO, 483 
14th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103: 
STEFANIE WELLHAUSEN, 496 Tarolett, 
San Francisco, CA 94110 and NATALIE 
CHANDLER, 3614 Mangels Avenue, 
Oakland, CA 94691. Registrant(s) com¬ 
menced business under the above ficti¬ 
tious business name on the date of N/A. 
This business is conducted by co-part¬ 
ners. Signed STEFANIE WELLHAUSEN 
and NATALIE CHANDLER. This state¬ 
ment was filed with the County Clerk of 
the City and County of San Francisco, CA 
on August 29, 1995. 

Sept. 07, 14, 21, 28, 1995 

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 
STATEMENT FILE NO. 198429 

The following person(s) are doing busi¬ 
ness as BA BA LOONS AND TUNES, 
3675 19th Street, San Francisco, CA 
94110: JOHN J. TURANO, 2235 43rd 
Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94116 and 
GRANT O. THOMPSON, 3675 19th San 
Francisco, CA 94110. Registrant(s) com¬ 
menced business under the above ficti¬ 
tious business name on the date of 
September 5, 1995. This business is con¬ 
ducted by a general partnership. Signed 
JOHN TURANO. This statement was filed 
with the County Clerk of the City and 
County of San Francisco, CA on 
September 05, 1995. 

Sept. 14, 21, 28, 1995 Oct. 5,1995. 

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 
STATEMENT FILE NO. 198505 

The following person(s) are doing busi¬ 
ness as PERFECTION JANITORIAL 
SERVICES, 645 Haight Street, #10, San 
Francisco, CA 94117: JOHN S. KRAUS, 
645 Haight Street, #10, San Francisco, 
CA 94117. Registrant(s) commenced 
business under the above fictitious busi¬ 
ness name on the date of July 1, 1995. 
This business is conducted by an individ¬ 
ual. Signed JOHN S. KRAUS. This state¬ 
ment was filed with the County Clerk of 
the City and County of San Francisco, CA 
on September 06, 1995. 

Sept. 14, 21, 28,1995 Oct. 5,1995. 

NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO 
SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES 

To Whom It May Concern: OGERKI is 
applying to the Department of Alcoholic 
Beverage Control to sell alcoholic bever¬ 
ages at 2241 CHESTNUT ST., SAN 
FRANCISCO CA 94123 with an ON SALE 
GENERAL PUBLIC PREMISES license. 
DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEV¬ 
ERAGE CONTROL, 185 BERRY 
STREET, SUITE 5600, SAN FRANCIS¬ 
CO, CA 94107. 


FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME 
STATEMENT FILE NO. 198625 

The following person(s) are doing busi¬ 
ness as B & B TECHNOLOGY, 116 
Heartford Way, American Canyon, CA 
94589: ED BELTON, 116 Heartford Way, 
American Canyon, CA 94589 and 
LORETTA BELTON, 116 Heartford Way, 
American Canyon, CA 94589. 
Registrant(s) commenced business under 
the above fictitious business name on the 
date of Sept. 11, 1995. This business is 
conducted by husband and wife. Signed 
ED BELTON. This statement was filed 
with the County Clerk of the City and 
County of San Francisco, CA on 
September 11, 1995. 

Sept. 21, 28, 1995 Oct. 5,12,1995. 


women. 1748 Market St. 565-7667. 

LYRIC Youth Talkline seeks volunteers, 
especially people of color, transgenders 
and people under 18. Call Anne or Olga by 
Sept. 25. 703-6150. 

The Mark Pope Career Counseling 
Center a non-profit career counseling 
agency serving the gay. lesbian, bisexual 
and transgender communities of the Bay 
Area. 760 Market St.. Suite 962. 296- 
8024. 

MCC Chronic/Life-Threatening 
Support Group: Every Wed., 1-3pm, at 
MCC, 150 Eureka St. Free, drop-in. Call 
863-4434. 

MWM: a rap group for gay/bi Asian 
Pacific Islander men and their partners. 
Tues. nights, 6:30pm. Asian AIDS Project. 
785 Market, Suite 420. 227-1586. 

Most Holy Redeemer AIDS Support 
Group offers ongoing support groups for 
the HIV community, partners, friends and 
family. No fees. Fall volunteer training Oct 
14& 15. Call Marilyn. 863-1581. 

Mothers Organizing Mothers working 
to change public attitudes and policies on 
AIDS. Meets 2nd Wed. of every month, 
7pm. Call 922-4639 or 221-6651 for infor¬ 
mation. 

NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt 

seeks volunteers for archiving, data entry, 
community outreach, sewing, more. Call 
Mike Moreno at 882-5500. 

Positive Resource provides work refer¬ 
rals to people with HIV. "Monday Morning 
Blues," support group for people with HIV 


on job search, begins Mon.. Sept. 25. To 
list a job opening or to attend an employ¬ 
ment opportunity orientation mtg., call 
928-1448. 

Project HOPE offers HIV prevention peer 
counseling to gay, bisexual and transgen¬ 
der men of color. Call 356-8114. 

Under One Roof, the Shop for AIDS 
Relief, seeks volunteers to work on the 
sales floor and in the office. Call Mary 
Beth. 252-9430. 

Veterans Affairs Medical Center SF 

seeks volunteers to join its AIDS/ARC 
Volunteer Program. Volunteers visit 
patients in hospital and help in simple 
care tasks. Volunteers for AIDS Home 
Care and Phone Buddy Program are also 
needed. Contact Ronald Hunt, AIDS 
Volunteer Program Coordinator, VA 
Medical Center, 4150 Clement St., 750- 
2144. 

We Care Bay Area provides emergency 
financial support to individuals affected by 
AIDS and other serious illnesses. Requests 
must be made thru a Bay Area outreach or 
social service agency. Info: 282-1911. 

Women's Cancer Resource Center. 

Support, resource & advocacy group for 
Bay Area women with cancer, their 
friends, families & doctors. Provides indi¬ 
vidual peer counseling & drop-in support 
groups, newsletter, educational pro¬ 
grams. legal workshop & more. (510) 
548-9272 or 548-WCRC. 3023 Shattuck 
Ave., Berkeley. 

Send Health and Community Listings to: 
Calendar Editor, Bay Area Reporter, 395 
Ninth Street, San Francisco, CA 94103. 


LEGAL SERVICES 



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REAL ESTATE 


B.A.R. CLASSIFIEDS 


River Vista Realty—Simply the Best! 

A Message From the Broker 



Jeffrey B. Morford 

Broker-Owner 


Guess who’s 
selling the river! 

The answer is River Vista 
Realty. As we enter the buying 
and selling season, you may be 
considering what real estate 
agency will provide you with 
the best service on the Russian 
River, and more importantly, 
who will find you the house 
you want or who can best get 
yours sold. Remember one 
thing—River Vista Realty was 
the # I agency in 1994 residen¬ 
tial sales. That’s right, River 


Vista sold more houses in 1994 
in the Russian River area than 
any other agency. 

Our agents all live in the 
immediate area and provide 
excellent regional knowledge 
and coverage. Please feel free 
to contact any of the following 
fine agents with any questions 
you might have: 

Ida Block 

resident of Monte Rio 

Doug Bohling 

resident of Guerneville 


Paul Bombige 

resident of Guerneville 

Jennifer Cashoty 

resident of Jenner 

Nancy Buckley 

resident of Guerneville 

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resident of Guerneville 

David Nordine 

resident of Guerneville 

Connie Schlabach 

resident of Cazadero 

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resident of Forestville 


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Completely furn all incl 
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Community 

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Largest Agency 
Apts. Flats & Houses 
Hundreds of Vacancies 
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470 Castro Street 


552-9595 


$460 Month Studio 
Hayes Street Hill 
Remod. Kitchen Bath 
New Carpet, Paint 
Call Larry: 252-1397 

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SOMA 4 ROOM $700 1+BDRM 
Quiet Bldg. * 255-4930 


Hotel Golden City Inn 

$20 & Up Daily, $95 & Up Weekly 
1554 Howard St SF CA 94103 

(415) 255-1110 


Very clean, quiet, furnished 
rooms. Comnty Kitchen. Great 
people. $96-$121/Week 
Secure-convenient * 255-0520 

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$795 One Bedroom. Levelors 
W/W Carpet, Walk-In Closet 
Muni Close. Golden Gate Ave at 
Pierce. Agent: 776-1987 


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Light & Airy 
One Bedroom 
Near Lake Merritt 
396 Bellevue Ave. Large deluxe 
1 BR $675 D/W, Cable, W/W, 
Pets OK. Security. Garage avail 
Gay Owned & Managed 
Call: (510) 465-1051 


$325-400+Deposit. Clean, 
Quiet Bldg. Ask about Move-In 
Special. Gabriel 474-1083 
Before 5 PM 


San Leandro 

Charming 3BR IBA Ldy DW 
1 Car Gar. Close to BART 
1000+Deposit. Avail. Oct 1st 
(510) 581-4316. 1920 Arctic ^ 

SOMA Offices 1800 Sq. Ft. 

7th & Harrison $1200 above 
Line-Up. No Live In. 552-1959 

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$805 One Bedroom, Levelors 
W/W Carpet Walkln Closet 
Muni Close, Golden Gate at 
Pierce. Agent 776-1987 


OAKLAND HILLS 

Lg. 1 Bdrm In-Law Unit 
Fresh Paint; New Ref. W/D 
All Utilities Paid. $600 
(510) 482-3817 


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Garden WD DW $750 Mo Utils 
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Rent one Unit. Keep other for 
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short distance to beach. 
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ROOMMATES 


B.A.R. CLASSIFIEDS 


Fremont-Shr Home Pool/Spa 
No Smk$350 Mo (510)792-4404 


Pleasant Hill-Walnut Creek pro¬ 
fessional & sense of Humor 
non-smoker, bedroom,full priv. 
bath. All the extras+enclosed 
garage. $525 Inclds 1/2 Utils. 
(510) 939-8870 

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GREAT DEAL 

Young GWM Seeks Same to 
share Union Sq. Apt on garden 
$350 Mo+. Lloyd * 931-5808 

E38 


FILLMORE DISTRICT 

Share house with Male. Own 
room+Bath, $525+Util. WD Yard 
922-0304 


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OAKLAND HILLS 
Garden Rm w/Bay, City View 
Japan. Grdn, Water Lily Pond 
Quiet, Pvt, Frndly, Clean, 2nd 
Kitchen, Indoor Bar-B-Q, W/D, 
Fplace. NoSmoke. $375+1/5 
Utils. Bernard 530-4829 


Room for Rent in Newark/ 
Fremont. Hot Tub & Cable 
$375 & Shared Utilities. 
Call John * (510) 795-0558 


Furn Rm by GGNRA *331-3889 

1 F1Q 


Share-Castro-St-Flat 
2-Baths-WD-Cbl TV-Utils Incl. 
Furnished-ktn-Lvrm-Lndry 
Queer-Friendly - Fun - $400 Mo. 


255-7155 

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Community Rentals 


Serving the Community for 18 yrs. 
SF's Premier Roommate Service 

552-8868 470 Castro St. 


SOMA 2-Room Share $400 
Bath w/1 Pers * 241-9884 

Share Potrero Hill Room 
Avail for Clean & Sober 
Person. $395/Mo Plus Utils. 
Free Cable TV * 550-6991 


CASTRO VICTORIAN 

House, seeks a Roommate 
Lg Kit, LivR, Patio. Comfort 
$500 * 252-9700 A.S.A.P. 


HOUSEMATE-FREMONT 

GWM to share 3 bdrm 2-1/2 bth twnhse 
with GWMC. Lrge bdrm, separate bth, full 
house privls. Pool, jucuzzi and gym equip, 
avail. $475/mo. +1/3 utils. Will consider 
small pet. Security deposit required. 
(510) 795-9670. Please leave message. 

Roommate Wanted/Small Room 
Lwr Haight/No Smoke/626-3747^ 

Duboce Park House. Share 
spacious, clean Victorian 
Quiet, Bright, Laundry, Yard 
$540+Utils. 332-5800 Ext 808 

_E38 

Room 4 Rent in San Leandro 
$375 P/Mo Large Room, Quiet 
Area, Close to Fwy 880. Call 
Charlie (510) 638-6632. Avail 
10/01/95. Must be very discreet. 


GAY ROOMMATES 
NOW! 


Matched to Your Criteria 
by Rhone...94 hrs 

Confidential • Effective* Citywide 

(415) 626-7056 • 24 hrs 


List Your Vacancy FREE by Phone !I 


$480 Lg Bdrms + 1/4 
Utils/Cable TV, SF’s Diamond 
Hts on Turquoise Way; Plenty of 
St. Parking, No Smkrs/Pets 
(415) 904-1258 (Messages) 


Housemate Noe Valley. Newly 
Renovated 450/425 * 703-7145 


JOBS OFFERED 



Development 

Director 

Gay and Lesbian Medical Association 
seeks experienced fundraiser to 
oversee development for growing 
progressive non-profit. Priorities: corp. 
gifts, planned giving, major donors. 

Salary low 40's excel benefits. Women, 
POC encouraged. Resumes: GLMA, 

211-C, Church St. SF CA 94114 


FLOAT YOUR RESUME 
On the Internet. Call 
George at 863-5992 or go: 
http://www.wwma.com/hr/ 


FULL-TIME DRIVER 

Own vehicle with insurance. 
Avg. $500 per week, benefits, 
paid time off. 

Call (415) 703-6073 
2440 Mariposa St, SF 


HAIRSTYLIST NEEDED 

PT/FT, Busy Location 
Experience Necessary 
Clientele Preferred 
Call: 861-8516 


Earn Obscene Income! 
Market good health. Call: 
(415) 257-6140 For Info 


Wanted! 

An outgoing individual to be SYSOP 
for new gay online sen/ice. Experience 
with major BBS, Novell network, and 
the Internet required. 

Send resume to 
andyd@slip.net 
or fax to 661-2763 


LEATHER 

MANUFACTURER 

NEEDED 

Experienced in sewing and 
working with leather FT/PT. 
Pay depends on exp. 

Apply in person Leather 
Masters, 969 Park Ave. 

San Jose. (408) 293-7660 


ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT 
Needed for On-Line Service 
Good Computer Skills & 
Office Organization Skills 
(415) 495-1811, Extension 10 


Quality People Sought By 
Escort Service * 824-2697 


.. 111 -.i.i-i..., 

■ Marketing 
Manager 

in exciting gay voice personals 
business. Responsible for product 
development, advertising, client 
interface and production. 

Need self-starter with good project 
mgmt, creative and analysis skills. 
Great benefits. Please send resume 
and salary history to Manfinder 

Fax: 415-281-4498 or 
Email andre\A/@slip.net 

Join the ranks at Espresso 
Bongo. Looking for dependable, 
clean-cut, motivated people who 
enjoy working with the public for 
this fast-paced Cafe/Deli. Bring 
your personality to 950 Battery 
St. or call Jesse @ 433-5949 
between 12:00 and 3:00 PM. 
Experience on Espresso 
machine preferred 

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$ NOW HIRING $ ALL 
TYPES * 954-3629 

SEXY ESCORTS 

_338 


Director 
of Education 
and Outreach 

National multicultural AIDS leadership 
organization seeks senior-level profes¬ 
sional with broad HIV-related program 
experience to oversee the operations 
and development of its Education and 
Outreach program. 

Send resumes by 9/23/95 to 
NAPWA, 1413 K. St. NW, Washington, 
D.C. 20005. Attn: Office Administrator. 
No calls please. 


RETAIL SALES 

Friendly, aggressive, well-groomed 
men & women sales associates 
needed for #1 adult video/gift stores. 
Various SF locations, $6.00 per hour 
+ commissions. Excellent 
advancement opportunities available. 
Apply 960 Folsom Street 


Young Nude Men 18 y/o + 

wanted for erotic ‘MTV STYLE” 
Music Video. This is your 
chance to expose yourself in a 
creative, non-porn environment. 
Send picture to Erotikus Video, 
2269 Chestnut, #226, SF 94123 
Or Call (800) 226-3915 

_£38 


COUNSELING 


SUPPORTIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY 


Diverse Approaches 



For All Ages 


Individuals/Couples/Groups 


Andrew Pelfini 

MFCC (#31249) 


995-9650 Sliding Scale 


a> „ 

Affordable 

0 ) tv 

Counseling & 

S | 

C/> .. 

Psychotherapy 

■OJD-y 

Dr. Lou A. Bordisso, Ed.D. 

.£ d 

Offices in SF & East Bay 

."5 ra 
(11 ° 

S10553-07H 


RON FOX, Ph.D., MFCC 

COUNSELING & PSYCHOTHERAPY 
INDIVIDUALS • COUPLES • GROUPS 

• Relationships • Self-esteem 

• Stress • Depression 

• Intinacy * Sexuality 

• Coming out issues 

• HIV/AIDS concerns 

• Co-dependency 

• ACA J dysfunctional family issues 
WEEKLY MEN’S THERAPY GROUP 

Insurance/ Sliding Scale 
License #MFC 22194 

San Francisco 751-6714 


1 - 300 - 

THE&APIST 

can help you find 
a qualified therapist 
near home or ujork 
Ho charge to calier 


PSYCHOTHERAPY 



DAVE 

COOPERBERG 

LIC #MFC 12549 


• Individuals & Couples Work • 

• Improve Self-Esteem • 

• Develop Loving Relationships • 

• Master Self-Defeating Patterns • 

• Overcome Anxiety & Depression • 

• Move Beyond Fear & Grief • 

• Become More Fully Alive • 

New Gay Men’s Therapy Group 

Gay Men working together, with professional 
guidance, to grow beyond self-limiting attitudes, 
feelings, and behaviors. A new, in-depth, change 
oriented, on-going group. San Francisco. 

8 members; starts this fall. 

(415)431-3220 

Over 22 Years Serving the Bay Area 


GAY MEN’S 
RECOVERY 
GROUP 

Ongoing support/ 
therapy group 
for gay men in 
recovery from 

substance abuse. 

Supportive atmosphere 

to help 
maintain 
& explore 
recovery 

For most info, calk 

Tom Holt, MFCC 
(415) 431-3109 

Lie. #MFCNU22%6 



A.J. Eakin, MSC.D. 

TRANSPERSONAL COUNSELOR 

ALTERNATIVE COUNSELING: 

• Individual & Couples 

• Dying & Bereavement 

• Spiritual/Life path Advice 


Affordable rates, call for free brochure. 
Phone Sessions and House Calls Available 
By appointment: (415) 641-7946 EXT.2 



Positive Men 
Together 

Gay Men's HIV Psychotherapy Group 


JULL-JOHNSON, PHD 


(MFC27873) 

415.296.8756 


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Psychotherapy 

Services 

for 

■ Self-esteem 

■ Coming Out Issues 

■ Relationships 

■ Anxiety, Depression 

■ Self-defeating Behaviors 

■ Alcoholism 

■ Childhood Abuse 

■ Domestic Violence 

Don Propstra, MFCC 
928-3848 

Over 15 years clinical experience 
License HMJ13494 



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INSTRUCTION 


LICENSED MOVERS 


UPKEEP & RENOVATIONS 


B.A.R. CLASSIFIEDS 



BRIDGE CLASSES 

Lessons for Beginners 
Starting Sep. 23. For info 
call (415) 346-9224 


FOR SALE 


CHP Leather Coat, Size 46 

Like new. $350 OBO. 621-8252 
_ae 

Moving Sale Bookcases 3 pc 
$400-China Cabinet $200 
Collector’s Plates Bing & 
Grondahl Lenox Oz Pasta 

Maker $75 - Summer Chintz 
Dishes for 12 $150-Pink 
Depression Glass-Stained 
glass-Waterford-Wall Clock 
New Kitchen Items-Lots of great 
stuff No Checks. Call for 
Appointment 861-7916 

_ES 

Stationary Massage Table, 6 
1/2’L 31”H, $85 * Ed * 
(415) 647-4388 


HAULING 


Happy Moving & Hauling 

Household & Office 
(“"WSmall & Large /SN 
Moves 
7 Days 

469-6820 Beeper 698-6550 


WE DO IT ALL 

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Every Customer A Reference 

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No extra charge for holidays 

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Experienced, Gentle Movers 
of Valued Possessions 


Full Service Moving 
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Careful & 
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VISA • Mastercard 

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P.W.A. Discount 


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to be sure 
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is right” 

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and households 
Licenced * Insured 

GEMINI 


MOVERS 


( 415 ) 558-9926 


Castro Hauling 

Clean Move.. Fast! 

Yard & Garage Cleanup 
Responsible Services from $15 per hr 


Call Yoel 282-2023 


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Dump runs, Light moving etc. 
Andy 487-1670 

MAN-TRUCK “ 

HAULING WEEKENDS ONLY 
JERRY PGR. 749-8721 

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STRONG MAN & 7 FT TRUCK 
4 Hire $20 Hr. (415)802-9491 

_ ' _EIB 

RELIABLE HAULING 

$20 Per Hr. 359-5122 

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Hauling, etc. 441-1054 ^ 

-Reliable Relocations- 
2 Men, $52/Hr, Most Jobs 
Large Enel. Truck. 621-5164 

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NOB HAUL * 552-4350 

For ALL Your Hauling Needs^ 

**2 Men-Truck-Cheap** 

Fast Move. Louis 560-0001 

_E40 

Lou Hauler, moving, etc. 
Relocation, Basement, Garage, 
household items, tree hauling, 
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“MAN & VAN” *771-7514 Dan 

_E40 

Hauling*Moving*Deliveries to 
L.A. * Call: (415) 255-0800 ^ 

U Load!!! I Drive!!! 
Cheap!!! (415)864-1012 ^ 

Hauling‘Gardening 467-0583^ 

Mountain High Haulers 
Friendly & Professional 
Excellent References 
Low Rates * (415) 541-5647 



ONE BIG MAN & 


ONE BIG TRUCK 


A Moving Service For: 
Roommates & Studios 
1 and 2 Bedroom Apartments 
1-3 Experienced Movers 
Packaging Supplies Available 

Serving the Gay & Lesbian 
Community Since 1983 

931-0193 

2514 Post Street SF CA 94115 
CAL P.U.C.T-174097 Fully Insured 


UPKEEP 


SKILLED N TRADES 


Excel. Carpentry, Plumbing, 

• Elect., Plaster Repair, • 
Sheet Rock, Painting, Ect. 

★ Excellent References ★ 

© 752-9759 © 



FOUNDATION 
WORK 

DECKS 
AND STAIRS 

FREE 

ESTIMATES 

References 
Available 

California License # 525753 


WILSON*JAMES 

INTERIOR DESIGN 

Dennis J. Szkotnicki 

(510)839-4184 ^ 



iepaip 

Small Home Repair 

SF (415) 865-0373 
Piedmont 879-7800 
Orinda 254-0230 

Fast Reliable Professional 



carperffny 


Robert Miller 

t»l> l , ’ L-W: i mj l . I ! l 

415 ‘ 553 - 7712 


• Additions 

• Kitchens 

• Baths 

• Decks/Stairs 

> Termite Repair 

• Windows/Doors 

• Tiling 

• Dry Rot Repair 

• Electrical & 

Plumbing 

• Seismic Upgrades 


Residential and Commercial 


• Free Estimates • Dependable • 

• References • Affordable • 

State Licence # 631216 

553-7712 


1 I_ 

jaslro 


•FULL SERVICE 

• NEW CONSTRUCTION 
•TENANT IMPROVEMENT 

•REMODEL ■fJi&Z’ 

• STRUCTURAL UPGRADE ^ 

• RESTORATION 


(415) 441-6446 

FREE ESTIMATES 

GENERAL CONTRACTOR LIC. 608983 


CARPENTRY 

Kitchens & Baths, Decks 
Excellent References 

709-2145 





• Painting, Parer Hanging 

• Crown and Base Mouldings 

• Carpentry, Tile 

Lise. No 693 1 39 


Grand Finishes 

Matt Nikitas (415) 553 - 7734 


M. Kirwan Plastering 

24 Years Exp. & StUCCO 
Free Estimate yjig 

415.221.5321 & Marble 

Fax: 4i5.75i.3038 Interior 
Lk. #612149 & Exterior 


CARPENTRY 
CERAMIC TILE 

Call Skip - 487-6260 


Reliable 

Construction 

Pan-Geo Construction 
l General & Landscaping Contractors f 

; Kitchens Baths Fences Decks 
| Patios Irrigation Ponds Waterfalls | 

\ Serving the Bay Area 

|1510) 569-7649 


Quality Carpentry 

Decks, Stairs 

Concrete & Fencing Works 
Kitchen & Bath Remodel 
Painting & Tile 

Free Estimate 759-1315 


ELECTRIC 

Brookline-Aries 


Proud of Results, Professional, Friendly, 
Dilligent, Local referrences provided. Free 
bids quickly by appointment. 25 years 
experience with 220 Volt Commercial, 
Residential, and Victorian buildings. 
All work includes patch & paint. Reason¬ 
able rates, top quality, 1-3 man crew. 
Insured PL&PD& Bonded Lie #273651 

John A. Peters 09A ETOAO 

24 hrs 7 days LOy-DOji 


Enrique Painting 

Quality Interior/Exterior 
Residential & Commercial 
Excellent Work*Free Estimates 

(415) 648-9843 


The Electrician 

Local Contractor 
Electrical — General 
Remodel — Upgrades 
Intercoms Alarms 

(415) 252-8574 

LIC.# 394787 



Roofs of all types 

• Featuring 
Modified 
Single Ply 
Roofing For 
All Flat Roofs 

• Gutters 

• Skylights 

• Siding 

• Steep Shingle 
Work A Specialty 

Insured PL & PD 
State Uc# 569521 
John Bailey 
Owner, Operator 

FREE ESTIMATES 

333-3701 



MCM 

CONSTRUCTION 


Structural Upgrades 
Remodel and Stucco 

(415) 550-8620 


J & E Painting 

Interior & Exterior 
Quality Work, References 

(415) 757-3687 



Try-Us Painting 

Victorian - Decorating 
Residential - Commercial 
Interior & Exterior 
Quality Work - Free Estimates 


824-1132 


HAGER DESIGN GROUP 

ARCHITECTURE 


CREATIVE DESIGN 
AND PERMIT DRAWINGS 
FOR ANY CONSTRUCTION 

(415) 2 8 5 - 7 4 0 9 


ELECTRICIAN 

PLUMBER 

Call Skip - 487-6260 


HANDYWOMAN 


RELIABLE HOME REPAIRS 
Small jobs a specialty. Glass, 
PLUMBMQ, MNOR ELECTRICAL, INTEfVOR 
REPAIRS TO WALLS. UNUC.-REP. AVAIL. 

CALL SUNNY (415) *61-8436 


Sheila’s Repairs 

Dry Rot ■ Bathrooms ■ Kitchens 
Remodel ■ Plumbing ■ Electric 

585-6991 


DfiVE LUCHETTI'S 

PRINTING & PREPRRRTON CO. 


Licans* #491290 


Exterior and Interior 
Fine Finishes 

( 415 ) 621-1121 

2440 16th Street #158 * Son Francisco. Cfl 94103 


PAINTING 

Interior /Exterior 

Free Estimates Wallpaper 

Allan 752-0927 


Hardwood Floors 

• Installation & Finishing 

• Bleach/White Stain Specialist 

Craftcare 

221-2303 


□□□ cs *“ 9407 

□ileMasters sms 

Ceramic - Marble - Granite 
Bathrooms - Kitchens - Entries 
Floors - Shower Pans - Decks 

1-800-510-TILE 

Free Estimates 
Serving S.E. and the East Bay 
David Johnson 1-800 51 <K8453 



Refinishing - New Installation • Repairs 
17 Years Experience 
We Provide the Highest Quality Work 
At Competitive Prices 
Free Estimates - References 

Michael (510) 601-8288 


r ALEX ^ 
PAINTING, 
CARPENTRY 
SC TILE 
Excellent Work 
Alex 

Ik 14151282-3142 

ARCHITECT 

Michael Mullin * 626-1190 

E41 

GOODLKNG. LATINO PAINTER 
Interiors or Exteriors 
Low Rates * Good References 
Reliable * A Joy to Hire 
Miguel‘(510) 465-1782 ^ 

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SERVICES 


♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 


M & M Maintenance 

Quality Remodeling & Repairs 
Carpentry • Electrical 110 & 220 
Plumbing & New Copper 
Sheet Rock & Texture Matching 
Tile, Vinyl & Ceramic 
Prep Work & Painting 
Decks & Stairs 
Windows & Doors 

Installation Services 

Also Available for 
Cabinets, Counter Tops, Sinks 
Garbage Disposal, Dishwasher 
Microwave, Ice Maker 
Washer & Dryer 
Gas Lines & Vents 
Satisfaction Guaranteed 

MARK 441-9676 



SpontWT 

Awards • Promotions 

& Engraving 

Plaques • Trophies • Medals 
Nametags • Buttons • T-Shirts 
Coffee Mugs • Caps • Lapel Pins 
Etc. Etc. Etc. 

2186 1/2 Sutter St. (at Pierce) 

SF CA 94115 

415-202-7100 Fax 415-202-7110 
VISA/Mastercard Accepted 

Ask for Terri or Joe! 


PLUMBING • HEATING 

_Sewer & Drain Cleaning 

c. #615837 



Basic Clean $30 Weekly 

Up to 4 Rooms. Additional Rooms $5 
Mop, Dust, Vacuum, Bath, Kitchen 
Move Outs $55-$65 • Windows, Carpets 
Mature Experience • Once $45 
Pet, Every Other Week: $5 Extra 

John 431-6076 • Careful 


550-7272 


IMMEDIATE 7-DAY 24-HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE 




A Free Estimates • References • Fair Rates i 
21 Years Experience 

▼ Established in San Francisco Since 1985 ▼ 

♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 


Handyman 

No Job Too Big or Too Small 
Specializing in Ceramic Tile, Plumbing, 
Electricity & Carpentry. Free Estimates 
Dependable, Fast and Accurate 


Call Pedro (415) 587-1706 


CINDERELLA'S 

HOUSEKEEPING 

•a referral agency* 

Have your home serviced 
by a caring, responsible, reli¬ 
able, professional. 

Rest assured, there's a well 
established agency standing 
right behind them. 

...call us for more information... 
Gay owned and operated since 1984 

415 - 864-8900 


GARDENING &UNDSCAPINC 
Yard Cleaning • Hauling 

( 415 ) 552-8274 ( 415 ) 207-7195 

•SU n Nys|DE* 


B.A.R. CLASSIFIEDS 


PeacockLandscaping 

Design, Installation & Maintenance 

When You Want More Than 
a Mow & Blow Gardener! 


Restore It 

Refinishing Company 


Antiques & Newer Furniture • Pianos 
Recycle Your Old Furniture To Like New! 

415 - 255-6764 




Contractor License *554283 


Rocky Crawford 


lock Service 621-0215 

The One to Pick’ 

Rekeying • Master Key Systems • Repairs 
Installations • 15 Years Experience 
Bonded • Business, Residential & Auto 



CRAWFORD wnm 

LOCK SERVICE 1 


SERVICES 


BAY AREA 

VOICE MAIL 
SERVICES 

415*929-5911 

510*848-9629 

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Prof. Haircuts in Hayes Valley 
Cuts $15 by Appointment 
Jeff * 863-2878 * Days/Evenincjs 

Gourmet Vegetarian Cuisine 
Delivered to your doorstep. 
For Monthly Menu Call: 

Jane 826-2133 

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DIRTY? 

Clean Your Place. Honest, 
Reliable, Good References. 
Call Carl (415) 931-5773 

ARE YOU BEING 
SERVED? 

Experienced Waiter, Cook and 
Butler to service parties and 
special occasions. 
George L. 

(415) 865-5413 

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Housecleaning By Asian 
Refs; Frank * 474-2270 

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Housecleaning*l’ve had the 
same clients for 9 1/2 years 
•you’ll c y*552-1741* Tery 


Creations 
Landscaping 

Sprinkler Systems 

469-6820 Fences - Retaining Walls 

Beeper 

698-6550 


Sod • Plants • Paining 
Branch &Tree Removal 
Hauling • and More! 



for All Your Plumbing Needs 
15 Years Experience ▼ Free Estimates 
Reasonable Rates ▼ Repairs Guaranteed 

Call Dave987-9070 

Uc #703293 



Tree Shrub & Woody Vines 
Pruning & Planting 

by Dale Thomas 

647-1074 


Computer problem??? 

f' Troubleshooting, upgrade, 

1 | setup and training. 

? ! Internet connection setup and 

training. 

Windows 95'Installation. 

CdJl SHYAM at: (415) 661 -1633 


QUALITY CLEANING 

For the Quality and 
Dependability You Deserve! 
Christopher * (415) 915-2120^ 

Permanent Hair Removal 
No-Needle Electrolysis 
Organic Facials 
Natural Sugar Waxing 
Toshi Salon * (415) 956-4667 

Gardening*Hauling: 467-0583 


Computer Help 

Windows ... DOS ... Macintosh... 
installation, tutoring, INTERNET. 

$25/hr 2 hr minimum 

Joe (415)342-5035 



i Plan, Database & Client Mgt. 
Case Studies, Project & Term Papers, 
Brochures, Reports and Resumes 


SolutionsGroup 
(800) 210-7566 (415) 642-9600 

SoIutionsGroup@mcimail.com 
Who’s Who Worldwide Member 


jtally Clean 

Professional House Cleaning 
' “We Do Cleaning Right!” 

Bonded & References 

Todd V. Graham 

415 - 998-7369 


Landscaper With a Master’s 
in Landscape Architecture 
Will Design Unique Garden 
For Your Needs. Also Great in 
Pruning & Maint. 206-9426 Tom 

Professional-Home, Office & 
Apt. Cleaning. Refs. Exp’d. 
Roger Miller * 664-0513 ^ 

INTERNET 

$15/Mo. Unlimited Access 
(SLIP/PPP). Creative. Net Info 
415- 495-1811 

_E40 

Cute Guy with Nice Body 
Will clean your House/Apt., 
do shopping. Don * 351-2034 


Lavender Lounge Studio 
FOR RENT 

video-film-photos 
queer weddings 

$15/hr. $ up 

HiB to 3/4” editing 

$2G/hr. 

brochure 337-4921 


Serving OUR Community 
With Quality and Reliablity 


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Plumbing 


BATHS • KITCHENS • CODE WORK 
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REMODELING SPECIALITY 

641-9234 

STATE UC. >430667 


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Shutters - Plantation & Standard 
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Free Installation 
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Serving SF and Peninsula 

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1.800.758.8047 


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Professional Residential & Commercial 
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No Job Too Big or Too Small 

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BAY AREA REPORTER 


ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 


PEOPLE AND PERSONALS 


VOL. XXV NO. 38 September 21, 1995 


ootworks 


by Wendell Ricketts 


Men Dancing XIV 


Dancer and choreographer 
Robert Moses 


ith offerings that included flamenco, classical ballet. Native American 
fancy dance, contact improvisation and South Indian bharata natyam, this 
year’s Men Dancing festival, presented last week at Theatre Artaud, was 
even more of a Whitman’s sampler than usual. And, as with most boxes of candy, 
some pieces were tastier than others. 

The program’s best work included a stupendous solo choreographed and performed by Robert 
Moses, currently of ODC/SF and his own company, Robert Moses’ Kin. Moses put his rubber-band 
legs and articulate arms to excellent effect in a piece that set moments of almost reverential stillness against sud¬ 
den bursts of leaping, whirling and falling. Moses’ near-flawless placement and carriage make him seem bigger 
than he is, and solid as a rock. All you want after a performance like this is more. 

Scattered throughout the program, a quartet of unrelated dances - Rukmini Devi’s Tillana, a bharata natyam 
piece performed by Ashok Jethanandani; a demonstration of zapateadoby Los Lupenos de San Jose; a “collage” 
of Native American dances by Four Winds; Nemesio Paredes’ powerful flamenco (choreography by Jose 
Galvan) - provided something of a symposium on the use of the foot in world dance. It may sound odd, but con¬ 
sider: The foot is what puts the dancer in-cpntact with the floor (or the earth) and holds him there. Its attitude 

and positioning are never trivial matters. A 

r Continued on page 43 


Helping 
with Extra Far* 

by Adrian Roberts 


U nless you’re a rabid follower of “queercore” you 
may not have heard of Extra Fancy. But you will. 
‘There’s no such fucking thing as queercore 
claims Brian Grillo, the Los Angeles band’s enigmatic front¬ 
man. “Everytime you read about it, it’s always Pansy 
Division, Team Dresch, Tribe 8 and Extra Fancy. That’s it. As 
far as this music goes, there just aren’t that many bands.” 

With their gay-themed lyrics and ferocious sound, many 
have hailed Extra Fancy as avatars of the so-called “queer- 
core” scene, a label Grillo finds exclusionary. “The only way 
we’re going to make a difference is to not be pigeonholed as 
a novelty queercore band,” emphasizes Grillo. “I want to be 
termed as a punk, rock ’n’ roll band, y’know? Because that’s 
what we are.” 

But even Grillo’s term is limiting. Extra Fancy is that, yet 
so much more, as their sound combines aspects of hardcore 
punk, heavy metal, industrial music, surf guitar and, natural¬ 
ly, a healthy dollop of good old-fashioned rock ’n’ roll. Throw 
in a powerful singer who’s given to banging on a 50-gallon 
oil drum with steel pipes, and you’ve got a band with near 
universal appeal. 

“I love it when I’m doing a scary show,” says Grillo. “Like 

Continued on page 42 


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Dmitri Mitropoulos rehearsing in Vienna in 1958. His conducting style 
was unusual and intensely physical. 


by Pithy Galore, Justin Zane 
and Alison Hale 

emo to Louis Trager 
of the Examiner: 
Darling, you need a 
spell check on your 
computer. You did mean moronic, 
not “mercurial,” in your descrip¬ 
tion last week of the ill-fated ex¬ 
publisher of that now-departed 
gay rag, didn’t you? 

his column’s occasional 
author Daniel Mangin 
phoned in this week’s rid¬ 
dle, titled “As the Reel(y) 
Queer World Turns,” which 
involves participants in front of 
and behind the cameras of Parting 
Glances, The Living End, Grief, 
Frisk and The Usual Suspects. 
'—A producer goes to Cannes 
two years ago and meets a boy 
toy, whom he brings back to 
America. Shortly upon their 
return, at an LA party attended by 
many new queer cinema types, 
boy toy meets a director who 
seems like he might go places. 
Boy toy dumps producer for direc¬ 
tor, but then meets one of the 
director’s lead actors, so they 
fall in love. The director becomes 
so enraged he can’t speak to his 
actor, so they have to find an 
intermediary to relay thesping 
instructions. 

Somehow the movie turned out 
fine and has made big bucks (clue: 
the highest gross of the above 
flicks) for its distrib. There’s more 
to this story, but we’re not allowed 
even to hint at the identity of the 
person to whom a pivotal partic¬ 
ipant turned for solace. If only 
for a few nights. 

iz Taylors were the drinks 
du jour at a benefit for 
slap-happy Supervisor 
Tom Ammiano at the 
home of queer-studies maven 
Jonathan Katz and his beloved, 
Kevin Schaub. When properly 
made, these drinks - a tasty if 
headache-inducing concoction of 
vodka, blue curacao. Triple Sec 
and cranberry juice - come out 
violet, the exact color of Ms. 
Butterfield 8' s peepers. 

Debonair photographer Marc 
Geller, whose taste in dates seems 
to have changed dramatically 
since his days with the “Ding 
Dong That Wretched Rag is 
Dead” Sentinel, arrived at the ben¬ 
efit squiring a mildly unkempt 
Joan Jett Blakk (or was it just 
our imagination her wig was a tad 
askew?), who was supposed to 
liven up the party but was unchar¬ 
acteristically demure. 

Schaub conjectured that Ms. 
Blakk’s polite attack was related 
to the course - “Drag Queen 
Etiquette and Responsibility” - 
she’ll be teaching Oct. 29, 3-5 
p.m., at the Milk Institute. Milk 
executive director Schaub - who’s 
also famous for the delish 
Manhattans he makes while tend¬ 
ing bar at the Metro - described 
the course as “not exactly your 
straight lecture class” (we’d kinda 
figured out that part) examining 
the “purpose of and issues behind 
being in drag.” Get those party 
frocks pressed and ready. 

Will Her Highness address eti¬ 
quette and responsibility for drag 
queens appearing on TV talk 
shows? We certainly hope so. 
With the success of To Wong 
Foo... DQs are more in demand 
than ever, but those pitiable gals 
who participated in Richard “I’m 
a Whore for Ratings” Bey’s 
Sept. 14 drag queen basketball 
tournament diminished the dignity 
of all their kind. 

eeting of the Musical 
Megaqueens: 
Amadeus Press has 
just published 
William R. Trotter’s fascinating 
biography of Dmitri 
Mitropoulos, former musical 
director of the New York 
Philharmonic (1950-57), world- 
famous pianist and composer. To 


those uninterested in classical 
music, this is hardly earth-shatter¬ 
ing news. However, Trotter’s 
biography of this uncloseted 
homosexual artist is full of such 
rich dish on musical celebrities 
that even tone deaf readers will 
find it fascinating. Leonard 
Bernstein is discussed at length, 
only the picture Trotter paints of 
Lady Showbiz ain’t pretty. 



Leonard Bernstein in the '80s. 


In 1937, Mitropoulos met 
Bernstein, then a 19-year-old 
sophomore at Harvard. The two 
men started a mentor/protege rela¬ 
tionship “that stopped short of 
anything personal,” Trotter ner¬ 
vously confirms, but which 
included lots of letter writing and 
dinner dates. Though Mitropoulos 
was convinced of “that boy’s 
genius,” he was also disgusted by 
Bernstein’s ego, ambition and nar¬ 
cissism. On one harrowing occa¬ 
sion, composer David Diamond 
recounts for Trotter, Dmitri took 
him out to dinner and “Lenny 
embarrassed the hell out of him 
when, ten minutes after he was 
introduced to their guests, Lenny 
sat down at the piano and began 
banging out the Ravel concerto, 
singing all the orchestral 
entrances, showing off, jazzing it 
up, cigarette dangling from the 
comer of his mouth, making it 
impossible for anyone else in the 
room to even have a conversa¬ 
tion.” 

Mitropoulos’ suspicions of 
Miss Showbiz’s character defi¬ 
ciencies received unpleasant con¬ 
firmation several years later when, 
in 1946, the conductor was being 
considered as Serge Koussevit- 
zky’s successor at the Boston 
Symphony Orchestra. According 
to Trotter, Bernstein, who had his 
own designs on the BSO, revealed 
to the notoriously homophobic 


Koussevitzky that Mitropoulos 
was gay, thus nixing his chances. 
Bernstein then covered his own 
tres fey butt by marrying the 
“attractive and cultured Felicia 
Montealegre and went straight - 
with a vengeance, for it was not 
uncommon to hear him indulge in 
some very vocal and, in the opin¬ 
ion of many of his homosexual 
acquaintances, needlessly nasty 
gay-bashing.” Oh my. 

ne surprise of the Toronto 
Film Festival was the 
announcement that the 
Samuel Goldwyn 

-Company has dropped Gregg 
Araki’s homoerotic angst pic The 
Doom Generation, which will 
now be distributed by Trimark. 
“Creative differences” - presum¬ 
ably in marketing strategy since 
the film was already completed 
when Goldwyn picked it up - 
were cited as the reason. 

The Toronto fest featured an 
interesting duet of controversial 
films beginning with the letter “F’ 
made by guys named Tod(d). Tod 
Browning’s 1932 Freaks played 
on a revival bill, while Todd 
Verow’s Frisk - which, as usual, 
sparked a lively debate - was 
included in the “First Cinema” 
section of directorial debuts. 

risk's producer Marcus 
Hu may be reviled in SF, 
but he has his admirers 
around the globe. At a 
recent Rio film fest, he communed 
with Aurora Miranda, sister of 
Carmen, and Eleanor Keaton, 
widow of Buster. Aurora showed 
him photo albums and her original 
Disney screen test. Eleanor shared 
some tales of gay silent star 
Ramon Navarro (killed by two 
tricks in the ’60s) and Ava 
Gardner, who had a penchant for 
flashing Metro’s guards on her 
way into the studio a 1& Sharon 
Stone during her famous Basic 
Instinct interrogation. 

ipi^ verybody’s favorite dyke 
band that isn’t really a 
dyke band is still 7 Year 
Bitch. The fearsome, all¬ 
female foursome from Seattle is in 
town for the next month or two 
recording their third album. 
Bitch’s first for Atlantic Records. 
Previewing a slew of new songs at 
a sold-out show at Kilowatt last 
Saturday, the band wowed the 
crowd of dyke punks, who, in 
turn, showered the women with 
adoration. Although everyone in 7 
Year Bitch is supposedly straight, 
you’d never know it from their 
audience or their songs, which 
often carry such unambiguous 
titles as “Dead Men Don’t Rape.” 

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ouise Rafkin is the author 
of a collection of essays 
entitled Queer and 
Pleasant Danger: Writing 
Out My Life and the editor of sev¬ 
eral anthologies, including 
Different Daughters: A Book by 
Mothers of Lesbians and Unholy 
Alliance: New Women’s Fiction. 

With her latest book, Street 
Smarts: A Personal Safety Guide 
for Women (Harper San 
Francisco), Rafkin introduces her¬ 
self as a strong and articulate 
advocate of self-defense training. 
An accomplished martial artist, 
she has practiced the Indonesian 
fighting art of Poekoelan for 11 
years, and has taught self-defense 
for the last six. In a recent inter¬ 
view, Rafkin spoke about issues of 
personal safety and the impor¬ 
tance of learning basic self- 
defense. Street Smarts, which 
Rafkin calls “crib notes to my 
classes,” is a no-nonsense safety 
guide covering everything from 
how to be safe on the street, in 
your home, car, or on public trans¬ 
port, to what to do if you’re being 
followed or if you’re physically 
attacked. Though directed at 
women, Rafkin stressed that Street 
Smarts is pertinent, accessible, 
and useful for anyone. The rest of 
our discussion follows: 


Do you think 
everyone needs 
some training in 
self-defense? 

Yes. I don’t 
understand why every¬ 
body doesn’t learn it in 
school. I teach four- and 
five-year olds “stranger karate,” 
basic self-defense for kids, and 
they aren’t as scared of it as 
adults. It’s fun when presented in a 
positive environment. Teaching 
kids of gays and lesbians how to 
defend themselves against homo¬ 
phobia, teaching women how to 
defend themselves against sexual 
harassment, or gay men how to 
deal with verbal harassment, is a 
huge part of self-defense training. 

Do you think this is a more 
pressing issue for women? 

Street Smarts was directed 
at women, because men are 
less likely to think they need a 
book on self-defense. But it’s 
really everyone’s concern. 
Harassment is less likely to 
happen to men than to 
women, but it’s not less 
likely to happen to gay 
men than to women. I 
think most gay men 
have been in situations 


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that were at least verbally, if not 
physically, threatening. With gay 
bashing, there’s less time to 
respond and talk your way out of 
it, whereas many women have 
learned over the years how to 
judge if someone’s a serious threat 
or if they’re just being obnoxious. 
We’ve developed our own tech¬ 
niques, which I really encourage 
people to use. 

Use in a conscious, deliberate 
way? 

Yes. Crime happens to every¬ 
body, but more frequently to 
those who are easily intimidated 
or victimized. So bringing up girls 
and women in this society to be 
strong and forthright and assertive 
means that they’re more able to 
say “No” when someone is both¬ 
ering them, to protect themselves. 
In my classes we do role-playing 
on how to respond to insults and 
defend against harassment. If 
young women develop self¬ 
esteem, they won’t learn to just 
take all kinds of abuse, and then 
later on get into battering relation¬ 
ships. The continuum is very 
clear. 

Empowerment is the most 
important thing about taking a 
self-defense class. The hope is that 
you’re never going to have to use 
this stuff, but the training gives 
you a feeling of empowerment. 
You don’t have to pretend that it’s 
not happening, you realize that 
you can approach it head on. 


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This counters what many 
women have been told about not 
resisting when being raped. You 
suggest exactly the opposite. 

Yes, I do. It’s overwhelming to 
cite all the statistics, but “studies 
show” that fighting back greatly 
increases your chances of sur¬ 
vival. We were taught to be pas¬ 
sive and not resist, which was 
really damaging. In high school, I 
was told to be quiet about a lot of 
things that could now get teachers 
fired or ministers defrocked. 

It comes down to knowing 
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It’s obvious that the artist has 
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“Oh yeah, if I’m not in my stu¬ 
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painting, I like things that have 
been pushed. Pushed meaning a lot 
of paint, a lot of surface quality, 
seeing what you can do with an 
image, how far you can take it.” 

That’s pretty far, considering 
the “Man in Leather Harness,” or 
some of the other characters who 
appear in what First appear to be 
well-known masterworks. 

“You think you know what 
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ine its characteristics and you real¬ 
ize it’s probably not what you 
thought it was! That’s what I like; 
there’s a subversive edge to it, 
there’s an underside that you’re 
not used to equating with tradition¬ 
al images.” 

Considering his variation on 
Rembrandt’s “Portrait of the Artist 
in His Studio,” Johnson concedes, 
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phone. I sort of replace Rembrandt 
- it’s kind of a virtual painting.” 


Mark Johnson 


Next we’re in front of a large 
canvas he calls “Hookers For 
Heaven.” It’s based on a little por¬ 
tion of the “Last Judgment” of 
Michelangelo, heavenly creatures 
coming and going. But these 
angels are no blushing violets. The 
idea of having a Michelangelo 
nude clad in ... what is it, a 
wrestling suit? 

“It’s sort of like one of those 
chic little Body Gear-type things 
you see people wear at the gym! A 
little crack showing down there. I 
mean, you take a religious image 
like that, a big Catholic icon, and 
all I can see is how I’m excluded 
from it, so I had to reinterpret it, 
make it a little bit more inclusive!” 

So his work is finding the con¬ 
nection between Michelangelo’s 
angels and contemporary working 
boys ... . 

“Yeah, everyone’s included, 
you know what I mean? I wanted 
people not just to be pink flesh.” 

Next we examine a striking 
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painting. Johnson’s version is 
titled “Madame X-Lunar.” 

“In Singer Sargent’s painting of 
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by Chad Jones 

udiences familiar with 

director Mark Wing- 

Davey’s rendering of 
« : Si Angels In America last 

season for A.C.T. will not be sur¬ 
prised by the irreverent, trippy 
treatment he gives to George 
Farquhar’s 1707 comedy The 
Beaux’ Stratagem, which opened 
Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s 
1995-96 season last week. 

Not a director to let an old 
comedy become quaint, Wing- 
Davey forces Farquhar to twist, 
turn and jive his way into the ’90s. 
Surprises abound in the nearly 
three-hour show, and though not 
all of them are welcome, the over¬ 
whelming tenor of the evening is 
one of bold, brash theatricality. 

Thomas Aimwell and Francis 
Archer, the “beaux” of the title, 
have depleted their financical 
resources and are ready for a 
romp. As luck would have it, they 
check into an inn full of highway¬ 
men, scoundrels and a lusty 
wench aptly named Cherry. While 
Francis pretends to be Thomas’s 
footman - all the better to create a 
regal air of entitlement - the 
young lovers set about wooing the 
local wealthy women. 

The amorous duo hits pay dirt 
when they meet Mrs. Sullen and 
her sister-in-law Dorinda. It seems 
Squire Sullen has been treating his 
saucy wife quite badly, and she is 
ready for a romp herself. Enter 
young Francis to accommodate 
her needs; poor single Dorinda, 
with her large fortune and lonely 
heart; and Thomas with a serious 
flirt and gold-digging matrimony 


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on his mind. Not content to leave 
his stage to the lovers, Farquhar 
throws in a soused butler, a gypsy 
maid, a confused Irish/Belgian/ 
French priest and a small armada 
of thieves eager to hit the Sullen 
mansion and rip each other off in 
the process. Just as the plot thick¬ 
ens into a disorderly tangle, the 
end approaches: one bad marriage 
ends, and two possibly bad mar¬ 
riages begin. Thieves are brought 
to justice, and honesty prevails. 

Celebrated as the first English 
comedy to deal with divorce on a 
public stage. The Beaux’ 
Stratagem is mainly concerned 
with money: how to marry it, how 
to steal it, how to pretend you 
have it, and how to get lots of sex 
in the process of getting it. Wing- 
Davey, along with sound design¬ 
ers James LeBrecht and Matthew 
Spiro, brilliantly sets the tone for 
the evening by opening with a 
right proper string concerto that 
suddenly transforms into a pound¬ 
ing version of “Money (That’s 
What I Want).” The actors appear 
in period dress, but strange details, 
mostly from the ’50s and ’60s, 
keep popping up. Stylized furni¬ 
ture, fish tanks, Day-Glo colors, 
clothes dryers, glowing wall 
clocks and an electric guitar, 
appear to link the social mores of 
Farquhar’s time to those of an era 
not so far from our own. It works 
beautifully, as the world Wing- 
Davey creates feels specific, yet 
unreal at the same time. 

Wing-Davey’s design choices 
are brought to brilliant life by 
scenic designer Hildegard 
Bechtler, whose dominant, sweep¬ 
ing staircase surrounds a nifty 
central turntable. The pace is 
brisk, and the spinning, whirling 
action onstage hardly stops. 

Hoyle hogs the show 

The design and concept of the 
play are fresh and exciting, but 
they almost overwhelm the 
uneven cast of 15. The shining 
center of this ensemble is Geoff 
Hoyle as Scrub, the drunken but¬ 
ler. Hoyle’s adroit physical come¬ 
dy, combined with his brilliant 
timing and vocal delivery, help 
him steal virtually every scene 
he’s in. Also a scene-stealer is 


Brian Keith Russell as the boorish 
Squire Sullen, a man whose crude 
treatment of his wife somehow 
makes him more compelling with 
each appearance. The technical 
detail of these actors’ perfor¬ 
mances is wondrous. It is a shame 
Wing-Davey was not able to bring 
more of this detail out in other cast 
members. 

Francis and Thomas, the 
“beaux,” as played by Dave 
Rasner and Gregory Wallace 
(Belize in the A.C.T. Angels) 
respectively, have charm and 
appeal, but lack spark, especially 
in their interaction with each 
other. Lithe and lusty, these lads 
should make every audience 
member quiver with desire, but 
these actors can’t quite project 
those particular pheromones. 
Rasner comes close in his nude 
shower scene and again when, in 
an attempt to pitch some woo, he 
grabs the electric guitar and wails 
on some nifty blues numbers, but 
in between, he fails to make any 
juicy connections. 

The women fare somewhat 
better. Julie Eccles as the unmar¬ 
ried sister-in-law captures just the 
right spirit, but coming so soon 
after her wonderful performance 
in Berkeley Rep’s summer hit An 
Ideal Husband, in which she 
played a similar role, Eccles’ 
Dorinda becomes a bit tiresome. 
Diana LaMar as the suffering Mrs. 
Sullen is beautiful, but tries too 
hard with her come-hither vamp¬ 
ing when faced with the prospect 
of a liaison with the strapping 
Rasner. 

The entire cast earns major 
praise, however, for adhering to 
Wing-Davey’s manic pace and for 
navigating his tricky set with 
grace and flair. They can jump 
through Wing-Davey’s many and 
varied hoops, but it is a shame 
their director’s own stratagem did¬ 
n’t include spending as much time 
sculpting performances as it did 
playing with design toys. ▼ 


The Beaux' Stratagem 
continues at the Berkeley 
Repertory Theatre through 
October 27. Call (510) 845- 
4700 for information. 


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STARTING OCTOBER 12 


by Chad Jones 

scar Wilde, the Sacrifice, 

offered at the Actor’s 

Theatre as part of the San 
* Francisco Fringe Festival, 
could have been a pretentious bore 
in the wrong hands. Fortunately 
for Wilde, not to mention the audi¬ 
ence, the wrong hands have been 
diverted from this smart, polished 
solo production, conceived and 
performed by Douglas Fowley, Jr. 

With only a single candle to 
light the darkness, Fowley appears 
in a maroon dress (curiously with 
one large breast), long black veil, 
black lace gloves, thick crusty 
make-up, coquettish fan, red lips 
and a garland of mistletoe. He 
begins by reciting a sadly accurate 
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imprisoned for expressing his 
homosexuality. Stage lights come 
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fairy tale The Fisherman and His 
Soul, in a rich, beautifully varied 
voice. Fowley then shifts into a 
prissy English lady who comments 
on Wilde’s life through excerpts 
from The Picture of Dorian Gray. 
The fairy tale continues, then 
another transformation occurs as 
Fowley becomes a withered Wilde 
composing De Profundis, the letter 
he wrote to the world from Reading 
Jail in 1897. By the time Fowley 
finishes the dark, chilling fairy tale, 
the show’s various personaes have 
become one in Wilde: “At every 
moment of one’s life, one is what 
one is going to be no less than what 
one has been. Art is a symbol 
because man is a symbol.” 

Performance art such as this is 
risky because an audience can 
never be certain the performer will 
pull it off. Fowley, however, elim¬ 
inates any such doubts early on. 
His finesse and control command 
attention while his resonant, 
expressive voice coveys every 
subtle emotional detail. Through 
Fowley’s entrancing performance, 
and the expert direction of Marcel 
Robert, Wilde emerges as a soul¬ 
ful, persecuted genius, not the 
mere quipster we know him as 
today. Fowley, a native Californian 
who has spent the last 20 years in 
Europe, created this show with 
funding from the City of Geneva, 
Switzerland. When the NEA dries 
up soon, we all know where to go. 

Oscar Wilde, the Sacrifice 
continues after the Fringe 
Festival at the Next Stage 
Theatre in the Trinity 
Episcopal Church through 
October 1. Call 285-6957 for 
information. 

‘A Delicate Balance’ 

Welcome to Edward Albee 
land, where the cocktails never 
cease and strangled family ten¬ 
sions ensure that every ride will be 
a bumpy one. Scathing remarks, 
clattering glasses and enough hos¬ 
tility to fuel a minor revolution are 
only a few of the Albee trademarks 
on display in the Chamber Theatre 
production of his 1966 Pulitzer 
Prize-winning play A Delicate 
Balance, currently at the Phoenix 
Theatre. 

Albee is in his true element in 
this three-act descent into the acid 
pit of family dynamics. Agnes and 
Tobias live a cozy New England 
life. He sips anise while she pon¬ 
ders insanity over a game of soli¬ 
taire. All appears calm until Claire, 
Agnes’ boozy younger sister, 
comes stumbling downstairs. Then 
rr.ir.S5 W.hinv Julia, Agnes and 
Tobias’ only'ciiMu, " h ° se crum - 
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home once again to lick her con¬ 
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strife, but not for Albee. He sends 
neighbors Harry and Edna over 
because they got “frightened” in 
their own home and have decided 
to take up residence in Agnes and 
Tobias’ guest room. 

It’s high drama and high come¬ 
dy as the “delicate balance” of this 
tidy house flies wildly askew. But 
with Jane Carmichael as Agnes, 
things can remain chaotic only so 
long. In a glowing performance, 
Carmichael wields her icy New 
England power with stentorian 
restraint and chilling force. Ralph 
Miller’s Tobias tries in vain to be 
the “man” of the house, but must 
concede to his wife’s command. 
Kathleen Gerard’s boozy Claire is 
a masterful, natural performance. 
And director Frank Reilly can add 
another feather to his distinguished 
cap of deeply felt, polished cham¬ 
ber dramas. ▼ 

A Delicate Balance contin¬ 
ues at the Phoenix Theatre 
through October 8. Call 346- 
3107 for information. 


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OPERA 


San Francisco Opera's La Traviata 

Trashing Traviata 


by Paul Thomason 

t is no accident that Verdi’s La 
Traviata has become one of 
the most popular operas ever 
written. It has one terrific tune 
after another, lovable, believable 


characters caught in circumstances 
beyond their control and, just 
before the heroine dies, she is 
reunited not only with her true 
love, but his father as well. It takes 
a lot of effort to ruin the piece, but 
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to do so - in no uncertain terms - 
when John Copley’s production 
returned last Saturday to the stage 
of the War Memorial Opera House. 

In 1993, soprano Veronica 
Villarroel and tenor Roberto 
Aronica made their local debuts in 
Puccini’s La Boheme. Their perfor¬ 
mances as the young Bohemian 
lovers left knowledgeable opera 
lovers shaking their heads, won¬ 
dering why Villarroel and Aronica 
had even been hired in the first 
place. Not content to write off an 
entire run of Bohemes, The Powers 
That Be at the War Memorial 
rewarded the two for their inept 
Mimi and Rudolfo by hiring them 
to trash Violetta and Alfredo. Time 
has not improved either singer. It 
has not even been kind. 

If Villarroel sang a note on pitch 
all evening I did not hear it. Her 
voice can be loud, but Violetta is 
not about volume. The soprano did 
attempt to vary her dynamics and 
sing softly from time to time, but 
doing so only pointed up the lack 
of color and beauty in her voice. 
Friday night Violetta was more an 
overdressed, petulant shop girl 
haranguing a recalcitrant customer 
than a women experiencing love 
for the first time, then sacrificing it 
for a nobler good. 

Aronica’s small voice has an 
attractive middle register but 
cracks when he sings softly or 
pushes the top. By Act II he had 
become infected with Villarroel’s 
off-pitch virus. 

One wonders what the two 
singers will be hired to do next at 
the War Memorial. Tosca ? 

The Australian baritone 



Roberto Aronica and Veronica Villarroel in La Traviata 


Gregory Yurisich made his compa¬ 
ny debut as the elder Germont. He 
sang on pitch. It was an evening 
when one was grateful for such 
niceties. 

American conductor Steven 
Mercurio was also making his 
company debut, and it would be 
interesting to hear him with a cast 
of good principal singers. The pre¬ 
ludes to the first and last acts were 
taken extremely slowly but phrased 
beautifully, and the strings stayed 
in tune. There were some odd 
tempo fluctuations in the ballet 
music and an occasional uncon¬ 
ventional emphasizing of an instru¬ 
mental line, but throughout the 
evening Mercurio accommodated 
the singers without letting them 
take over. Since he was the one 
consistent bright spot of the 
evening, it is a mystery why there 
were a few boos at his curtain call. 

David Okerlund, a 1995 Adler 
Fellow, was uncommonly good as 
Baron Douphol in his company 
debut. Also effective were Adler 
Fellow Bojan Knezevic (debut) as 
Marquis d’Obigny, Alfredo Portilla 
(Gastone), Elizabeth Bishop 
(Flora), Donna Petersen (Annina), 
and Scott Wilde as the Doctor. 

For some reason the SF Opera 


has divided Verdi’s three-act work 
into four. Yes, I know it has to with 
the lengthy scene change between 
the Act II country house and the 
party at Flora’s Parisian mansion 
which follows. But if producer 
John Copley and set designer John 
Conklin can roll on the facade of 
Violetta’s house at the end of the 
first act, so Villarroel can throw 
open the French doors and do a bad 
imitation of Grace Moore singing 
“Depuis le jour” on the balcony (to 
Verdi’s “Sempre libera”), they 
could devise a set that doesn’t 
require an intermission in the mid¬ 
dle of Verdi’s Act II. 

Under Copley’s direction, most 
of Flora’s party scene was played 
for vulgar, cheap (and totally gratu¬ 
itous) laughs. But then, Verdi is 
almost always ill-served at the San 
Francisco Opera. As Tosca once 
asked in admittedly different cir¬ 
cumstances, “Perche, perche, 
Signor?” One wonders if God him¬ 
self understands why. ▼ 

La Traviata continues at 
the War Memorial Opera 
House through October 12. 
Starting times vary. For tick¬ 
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Ives, Schoenberg, Beethoven 
Share Symphony Spotlight 

Highs and Lows 


by Paul Thomason 

n his first series of subscrip¬ 
tion concerts as music director 
of the San Francisco 
Symphony, Michael Tilson 
Thomas put together an inspired 
program last week that challenged 
listeners’ ears and minds as well 
as souls. The first half of the 
evening consisted of the first SF 
Symphony performances of three 
choruses by Charles Ives and 
Schoenberg’s A Survivor from 
Warsaw. The concert ended with 
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. 

“General William Booth 
Enters Heaven,” “The Housatonic 
at Stockbridge” and “They Are 
There!” are full of Ives’ quirki¬ 
ness, humor and New England 
sensibilities. Subscribers who 
may have been avoiding music by 
such a “modern” composer could 
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introduction to his work than 
Wednesday’s performances. The 
opening of “The Housatonic” is 
hauntingly beautiful (could any¬ 
one fail to be moved by it?), and it 
is impossible to keep a straight 
face when “They Are There!” gets 
such a rousing rendition. Vance 
George’s San Francisco 
Symphony Chorus once again 
showed superb musicianship. Is 
there another symphony chorus 
anywhere that is this good? 
Richard Zeller, the soloist in the 
first chorus, was largely inaudible. 

Schoenberg’s A Survivor from 
Warsaw was written in 1947 and 
utilizes a narrator and men’s cho¬ 
rus to tell of the Nazis’ treatment 
of the Jews in the Warsaw ghetto. 
Schoenberg himself wrote the 
text, a mixture of English, German 
and Hebrew. The words them¬ 
selves are harrowing; add 
Schoenberg’s uncompromising 


music, and you have a seven- 
minute composition that leaves an 
audience shaken. Surely one of 
the most dramatic moments in 
20th century music is the chorus’ 
entrance: “Hear, O Israel: the Lord 
is Our God” (sung in Hebrew). It 
was right on target Wednesday. 

One could not have asked for a 
better narrator than Benjamin 
Luxon, who mined every nuance 
without going overboard. Though 
I do not have a score to the work, 
the orchestra sounded superb. 
Experiencing such a committed, 
riveting performance from every¬ 
one involved is a privilege. 

After the high standards set in 
the first half of the concert, the 
uneven realization of Beethoven’s 
monumental last symphony was 
unfortunate. Movements two and 
four were excellent; one and three 
were not. 

The symphony got off to a 
scrappy beginning with balances 
between the instruments all off, 
thin sounding violins, and with the 
orchestra seemingly unable to 
play softly (despite the maestro’s 
extremely dramatic gestures ask¬ 
ing for reduced volume). 
Fortunately, in the scherzo second 
movement the playing improved 
almost miraculously. Notes were 
articulated cleanly, rhythms 
bounced but were exact. It was an 
almost brutal performance of the 
movement, but it was precise. 

Alas, the great slow movement 
was absolutely appalling. There 
was no sense of phrasing (merely 
isolated notes), no sense of won¬ 
der, of any gradual, profound stir¬ 
ring in the soul. This movement is 
one long arching line of melody 
that spins magically for about 20 
minutes. But on Wednesday there 
was nothing remotely musical 
about it. 


Everything came together, 
however, in the finale. Soloists 
Ruth Ann Swenson (particularly 
fine), Michelle DeYoung, Jerry 
Hadley and Richard Zeller were as 
good an ensemble in Beethoven’s 
difficult music as I have ever 
heard. Suddenly the orchestra 
responded to Thomas’ requests for 
soft playing. The members of the 
orchestra really seemed to be lis¬ 
tening to each other and molding 
their lines as if they were playing 
chamber music. (Why didn’t they 
do that in the first and third move¬ 
ments?) Both the chorus and 
soloists sang from memory. 

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performers an instant standing 
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MUSIC 


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Continued from cover 

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their shirts off, and I’m singing, ‘I 
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And no one threw a bottle at my 
head or anything. I was able to get 
away with it because they respect 
that I’m a good performer and that 
my band kicks ass. That’s when 
you start breaking down shit. I’m 
not into alienating people, you 
know? I was never about getting 
on a soapbox. I just sing about my 
life and my lifestyle, which hap¬ 
pens to be that I’m gay.” 

Despite the explicit queer 


lyrics, Grillo feels they still touch 
upon universal themes. “Straight 
people can relate to the stuff I’m 
singing about,” says Grillo. 
“People fall in love and get their 
hearts broken. People get fucked 
over. People get raped and get the 
shit kicked out of them, regardless 
of who they’re fucking. Gay peo¬ 
ple just get it a little bit harder.” 

Formed about three-and-a-half 
years ago. Extra Fancy was the 
result of Grillo’s abject disgust 
with the record industry. “I was 
pissed off that I wasn’t able to 
express my point of view openly 
on a major label,” recalls Grillo. 
That major label, ironically, was 
Geffen Records, which Grillo’s 
previous band, Lock-Up, had been 


signed to. After being told to keep 
his homosexuality in the closet, 
Grillo left. 

“It was probably the worst 
experience of my life,” recounts 
the 30-year-old singer. “I knew in 
my gut that I was really unhappy 
with it. Everybody thought that I 
was going to be a big rock star, and 
I just walked away from it. That’s 
when I started Extra Fancy, and 
regardless of the consequences, I 
decided I was going to sing about 
whatever I wanted to.” 

Given the genesis of the band, 
it’s surprising that none of the 
other members—bassist D.A. 
Foster, drummer Derek O’Brien, 
and guitarist Michael Hately—are 
gay. “They never had a problem 
with it,” explains Grillo. “They 
knew right from start what it was 
about. The reason they wanted to 
work with me was because they 
liked the way I sing and the songs 
I write. The gay thing was just an 
added bonus.” 

A few months ago, the band’s 
first single, the dark, yet catchy, 
“You Look Like A Movie Star, 
Honey,” sold out in only two 
weeks. Based on that, the band 
decided to release the full-length 
Sinner Man on the small indie- 
label Diablo Musica, rather than 
wait for the majors to come call¬ 
ing. “Fuck them!” shouts Grillo. 
“Why wait? Now we’re at the 
point where if they’re interested in 
us, we can say we’ve done it. They 
can’t tell me I can’t sing about this 
kind of stuff.” 

The band is being courted by a 
few major labels, though. “I want 
to reach as many people as possi¬ 
ble,” explains Grillo. “So I’m will¬ 
ing to play the fucking game. But I 
have to play it ten times harder 
than most straight guys would. I’m 
not going to have them going, ‘Oh, 
we love you, we want to sign you!’ 
and then a month later go, ‘Well, 
maybe you should change the 
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they can’t accept that, then fuck 
them. Because obviously, there are 
a lot of people who are getting it— 
they’re buying our records and 
coming to our shows.” 

The do-it-yourself approach 
can take its toll however, especial¬ 
ly since no one in the band has quit 
their day job yet. “It’s been really 
hard,” admits Grillo. “We’re all 
still working and touring. I could 
be painting houses, but instead I’m 
doing shows and pretending I’m a 
rock star. Then I come home and 
the phone is shut off.” 

Living at near-poverty level is 
something Grillo’s been doing all 
his life, picking up odd jobs here 
and there—including stints as a 
rent boy and a go-go dancer while 
living in New York City in the 
mid-’80s. “I don’t know what 
made me want to do it,” explains 
Grillo. “I just wanted to take the 
sleaziest route possible, to see how 
low I could go. It was like John 
Rechy-world, basically. The prob¬ 
lem with me is that I sometimes 
get myself into trouble because I 


have to experience first-hand 
things I read about. At that point in 
my life, it wasn’t the best thing to 
be doing. But a lot of really posi¬ 
tive things came out of it. I saved 
up all my money from my go-go 
dancing job to buy a guitar, and 
that’s when 1 started playing.” 

Indeed, it’s been a long haul for 
Extra Fancy, but the paybacks are 
finally starting to happen—and not 
just the monetary ones. “I always 
used to ask myself, ‘What am I 
going to do with my life?”’ says 
Grillo. “I don’t fucking care about 
being a rock star. It’s not a big deal 
to me. But now I get letters from 
kids in the middle of bumfuck 
nowhere going, “I can’t find your 
record, help me!” And yeah, that’s 
what I want to do. This is my call¬ 
ing.” ▼ 

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In the intricate steps of Los 
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dances choreographer Rafael 
Zamarripa says may have served 
originally as a forum for men- 
only competition, one sees what 
Zamarripa calls the dancers’ 
attempt to “beat their daily frus¬ 
trations into the floor.” And 
there’s an intriguing step, in 
which the ankle is turned in while 
the bent foot slides quickly along 
the floor, that reveals yet another 
subtle element of competition: 
the slightest failure to place your 
weight correctly in that move and 
you’re guaranteed a nasty sprain. 

Like the shuffling, hypnotic, 
sideways movement of Four 
Winds’ Native American dancers 
- the foot beating the earth as the 
drummer beats the drum - the 
elegant placement demonstrated 
in Tillana is also dictated by 
thousands of years of tradition. 
The utterly flat foot is presented 
flexed, heel first - precisely the 
opposite of classical Western bal¬ 
let with its pointed toes and 
forced arches. One tradition tries 
to leave the earth behind, another 
hopes for a closer relationship to 
it. 

‘Not A Prayer 1 

And speaking of ballet, the 
form was ill-represented by a 
rather insipid duet for Larry Pech 
and Lee Bell ( Euphonia , choreo¬ 
graphed by Pech). Pech, whose 
impressive career includes six 
years each with American Ballet 
Theatre and San Francisco Ballet, 
and who founded (and later 
resigned from) Walnut Creek’s 
Diablo Ballet, projects an auda¬ 
cious strength and intensity in 
performance that borders on arro¬ 
gance. It’s the dcmseur noble in 
him, and the effect is not entirely 
unattractive. As a choreographer, 
however, Pech remains uneven. 

Similarly thin in content, 
though in some ways more ambi¬ 
tious in execution, was Jess 
Curtis’ Not a Prayer, a theatrical¬ 
ly-minded piece for four dancers. 
As the work opens, one dancer 
sprawls supine upon the floor. A 
second dancer enters running and 
flings himself across the motion¬ 
less body. A third begins to tug on 
the limp limbs of the first, then 
drags him part way across the 
stage. 

It is in this brief introduction 
that the mind begins to reel: 
“Please, God, not more contact 
improv!” 

Unfortunately, that’s exactly 
what it is. The shame of it is that 
there’s obviously an active, even 
Gothic intelligence behind Not a 
Prayer , but the form Curtis has 
chosen is a vehicle capable of 
carrying only a slight dramatic 
load. As a result, the dance tends 
more toward picturesque 
moments than it does toward 
movement and, when the dance 
does move, it ends up in the only 
place contact improv can take 
you: down on the floor. 

Ironically, the best part of Not 
a Prayer was Mark Growden’s 
sound design, which incorporated 
dueling stereos (heavy metal vs. a 
classical boys’ choir), metro¬ 
nomes, and a dozen or so wind¬ 
up music boxes set out across the 
front of the stage. The effect at 
first is a kind of cacophony of tin¬ 
kling, then the boxes wind down, 
one by one, to silence. In the 
background, what emerges is the 
relentless, rhythmic scratching of 
a phonograph’s tone arm moving 
across the last, wide groove at the 
end of a record. There’s an eerie, 
almost unsettling evocativeness 
in these juxtapositions of sound; 
the choreography, unfortunately, 
never managed to match it. T 


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her undergraduate studies to stu¬ 
dio and fine arts. From there, she 
went on to earn an MFA in ceram¬ 
ics, taught college for a year 
(“hated” it), and then lived at 
Arcosanti in Arizona for three 
years, the final year as artist-in- 
residence. 

After moving to San Francisco, 
she started her own porcelain 
business. “It’s funny,” Corwin 
revealed in a recent interview. “I 
never wanted to deal with market¬ 
ing when I had my porcelain busi¬ 
ness, but it’s been easy marketing 
the calendar. I think it’s because 
when I marketed porcelain, I was 
marketing me. But the calendar is 
not me. It’s other people’s work, 
so it’s much easier to be removed 
and just get the work done.” 


It started with a kiss 

And work it’s been. It all start¬ 
ed with a photograph that her 
lover Susan took as the couple 
rested on a rock at Big Sur. “She 
said, ‘Kiss me,’ and when I did, I 
heard the click of a camera she 
had set up while I wasn’t paying 
attention,” remembered Corwin. 
“When I saw the developed photo¬ 
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would be to have a whole calendar 
of lesbians kissing, particularly 
one that represented the diversity 
of our community.” But who, 
thought Corwin, could put togeth¬ 
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before she realized that person 
was her. 

Wanting to avoid the narrow 
vision that frequently is found in 
work created by a single artist, and 
seeking representation from all 
facets of the lesbian community, 
Corwin created a national photo¬ 
graphic competition for the calen¬ 
dar. Then between October ’94 
and January ’95, she printed 5000 
calls-for-entry forms and sent 
them all over the country and 
beyond. Finally, she traveled to 
various cities and women’s events 
to get the word out about Lesbians 
Kissing. “One of the best things 
about all this is the wonderful 
women Susan and I have met,” 
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changed.” 

The competition was open to 
amateurs and professionals alike; 
the sole criterion was that any 
given photographer’s submission 
must reflect lesbian diversity. 
Entries came from all over the 
U.S. and beyond and were judged 
by a panel of six lesbians who are 
artists and business professionals. 


by Dianne Aaronson 

n October 15, 1994, Beth 
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vision. Less than a year 
later, her vision has borne 
fabulous fruit, namely the full- 
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one of the best-selling calendars 
of its kind in the gay/lesbian com¬ 
munity. Sales have been so brisk 
in fact that they’ve surpassed 
those of the many naked-boy cal¬ 
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bookstores and card shops 
throughout the Castro. 

It’s hard to resist Corwin’s 
enthusiasm for the calendar. When 
she talks about her pet project and 
the journey that brought her to its 
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don’t feel good about, then the sta¬ 
tistics on sexual abuse would 
change. Why not approach incest 
from the standpoint of prevention? 
Along with funding battered 
women’s shelters, why don’t we 
teach self-defense to girls and 
women? 

When I taught at a high school 
recently, several girls said that 
guys hit their girlfriends all the 
time, but that it’s not a “real” hit. 
So I had a discussion about the 
kinds of behaviors that girls are 
taught to put up with, and it’s 
astonishing to me that I have to 
stand in front of a class in 1995 
and say: “It is completely wrong 
for anyone to hit you.” 

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clearer boundaries, which relates 
to issues of privacy. For women 
those issues remain rather murky 
because we’ve been conditioned 
to always be “polite” and avail¬ 
able. 

It is about boundaries. Self- 
defense is so much about that. It’s 
not just physical abuse; scam 
artists are trained to exploit peo¬ 
ple’s - especially women’s - vul¬ 
nerability. There is a frightening 
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years ago when I lived in the Bay 
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most terrifying things I have ever 
experienced. It makes you feel 
completely powerless. So it’s 
really important to figure out 


Louise Rafkin instructing self-defense workshop. 


what’s appropriate and inappro¬ 
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for help or want personal infor¬ 
mation. 

Do you think the emphasis on 
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paranoid? Where is the line 
between not exposing yourself to 
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responding to the homeless person 
on the street? 

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and having that consciousness is 
what learning self-defense is 
about. 

The underlying psychology 
seems to be about cultivating 
awareness. 

Yes. People are afraid a lot, 
there’s a kind of low-level anxi¬ 


ety, and so learning self-defense 
is a way to turn that into a kind of 
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that guy who’s staring at me on 
BART, see if you can change fear 
into action. If we can stop gay 
bashers and thwart people who 
are harassing and abusive, maybe 
they won’t do it to other people or 
to our kids. That would be nice, 
wouldn’t it? ▼ 

Louise Rafkin will offer 
courses in self-defense 
designed specifically for les¬ 
bians, gay men, and children 
in January in the Bay Area. 
For information about these 
courses, send a postcard to: 
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the following day. Me: Eurasian 
w/ bright swimming suit. Would 
like to meet. © 6537. 

Labor Day 7:30pm 

You: BM w/ friend corner of 19th 
Er Castro, after I passed you put 
on grey Sweatshirt. Me: WM, 
blue, plaid cut-off shirt, red base¬ 
ball cap w/ friend. We both 
waived on my way to my car. 
would like to talk, please call. 
© 6536. 

Taquerla Zapata Sunday 8/8 

10:15pm. You were behind me in 
line waiting to order. Noticed 
something stuck to my shoe and 
told me about it. You also said my 
face looked real red. Told you I'd 
been out in the sun. You wished 
me a good evening as t touched 
your arm. Can we meet? 
© 6535. 

Castro & 18th Street 

On Aug. 30, about 9:00pm. You: 
brown leather jacket, walking up 
to Market. Me: blue blazer, at bus 
stop. We exchanged hellos. Let’s 
exchange phone numbers. 
© 6534. 

Lake Merritt Walker 

Thanks for the ad. I think we've 
beat all odds, but as they say, 
"everything happens for a rea¬ 
son." It s been a pleasure meeting 
you, and I’m looking forward to 
getting to know you better. (Just 
have to be careful what I ask for). 
BMW driver. © 6531. 


Nightshift, August 27 & 28 

You: younger, short, cute, win¬ 
ning, smile, w/ backpack. Me 
older, dark beard/moustache. You 
weren't interested Sunday night. I 
was with someone Monday 
night. Let's make contact. 
© 6519. 

Sam/Night Shift 8/8 

I waited but you didn't come 
back. Would like to see you again. 
Please call. Forrest. © 6604. 

8/3/85 Car Tag 
On Bay Bridge 

You: Blk 300ZX. Me: wht thunder 
bird now. I want my turn. 

© 6605. 


Detour 8/31 

I lost your number! I had a really 
nice time w/ you & would love to 
see you again. (My room has 
some furniture now!) Please call. 

© 6518. 

Cafe Flore 8/30, 8pm 

I was with my female friend at the 
next table. You and I spoke about 
your possible relocation to South 
America. How about coffee? We 
could practice our Spanish 
together. © 6501. 

7/31, Watergarden 

I gave you a ride to the 180 bus 
to BART. You had to get home for 
an appt and your friend "Scooter". 
Wanted to stay. I had a unforget¬ 
table morning with you would like 
to. see your smile again. 
© 6500. 

Labor Day: 

Golden Bridge Beach 

You: Beautiful, muscular black 
man w/ yellow square cut trunks. 
Me: Slim blonde w/ hairy chest, 
glasses. We passed and looked 
serval times and I kicked myself 
all the way home for not intro¬ 
ducing myself. My ankles are still 
killing me! You looked great from 
the rock. Please call. © 6600. 

Ben, How Can I Find You 

We exchanged smiles and a hello 
at the Houston Airport on 6/14. 
Did not know if we would ever 
meet again. Fate let us meet 
again on Labor Day at Baker 
beach. Would like to enjoy your 
smile again. Lets not tempt fate. 
Duane. © 6601. 

To Michael From Vallejo 

We ran into each other at Back 
Dance Bar/Pleasure Dome. Labor 
Day. You: chain harness/black 
pants. Wm: white tank/black 
pants/dk hair pis call, Daniel. 
© 6602. 

William! 

I've seen you at World's Gym, 
Under One Roof, Badmans. We 
always say 'Hi', but never really 
talk. Got your name from you x- 
trainer. Call. © 6603. 



It was honestly my first time 
"cruising". Your warm inviting 
smile allowed me to overcome 
my shy nature. You sat across 
from me thursday, 9/7, 6pm, J 
Church. Your long legs were cov¬ 
ered in hot black lycra. I was 
wearing a magenta shirt (with my 
heart beating uncontrollable 
underneath), reading the BAR. 
Let's talk. © 6648. 

Campus Theater 

Sat. 8/8/85 5pm 

You: shorts, 20's. Me: yellow t- 
shirt, levi's, mustache. We 
exchanged several glances in the 
lobby, you asked the clerk if the 
4:30 show had been cancelled, 
got a pass and left. Let's meet. 
© 6649. 


Marty From Auburn 

We met Sept 2 @ 10:00am in 
Berkeley. Had a great time and 
want to do it again. Jack. 

© 6650. 

Seeking 

Relationship 

M-M 



Looking for a buddy to share: 
movies, walks, sex, dinner, sex, 
laughs, Russian River, sex, travel, 
tears, sex, gym. Me: 6'1", 175#, 
bl/bl, 42, fun Et versatile. 
© 6414. 

GAM Cocksucker 
Seeks Other GAM 

For hot time. You must be 
Chinese or Japanese. Uncut a 
plus but not a must. © 6423. 

River Phoenix Incarnation 

In search of generous gentle man 
sharing interests in politics, pas¬ 
sion, love, massage Et creating 
world peace! © 6407. 

Euro Corps 

Full-time professional Student into 
popular Western European cul¬ 
ture and international educational 
exchanges. © 6410. 

Handsome Husky 
210# Dad 44yo 

With a fantasy. I come home from 
work to a clean house and and a 
naked loving boy eager to serve 
this quality Dad. I have a hard 
paddle and a caring attitude. 
Smoker OK, smooth a plus. 
© 6408. 

GWM, Bi Brn/BIk, 5'11" 

Very sensual oral creative. Gay 
incarcerated looking for friend or 
relationship. Big dick, like out¬ 
doors, listen to music, opera, 
movies, bikes, horse riding, 
39yrs. © 6409. 

Big Brother Wants You! 

GWM, 30, masculine, attractive, 
all American boy/jock type seeks 
same, 18-30 for fun and adven¬ 
ture! Into rock music, roller coast¬ 
ers, hiking, bl/bl or bl/br pre¬ 
ferred. © 6411. 

Wanted: Young Guy With A 
Near Death Experience 

Spiritual, handsome, adventurous, 
energetic, mature man in a 
wheelchair, finishing law school, 
seeks big-hearted guy full of love, 
preferable Christian, who has the 
light. Let's meet and build up a 
committed, monogamous rela¬ 
tionship. © 6412. 

Hot Hard Top 

GWM, 38, 5'6‘, hairy chest & 
legs, 145# w/ athletic build, 
brn/brn, seeks GWM 25-40 in 
good shape for long sessions on 
a regular basis. Want to give you 
multiple orgasms good and deep. 
No B.S. © 6413. 


Fun & Adventurous 
Transsexual 

Looking for a man 20-35 yo to 
have some fun Er maybe share 
some adventures. I'm 30yo 
Hawaiian/Chinese pre op. trans¬ 
sexual 190#, 5'10". I'll be waiting 
to hear from you. © 6514. 

Are You Ready? 

Attractive Asian male 32yo, 155, 
57' with great sense of humor, 
enjoys cooking, good conversa¬ 
tion, movies and spontaneous 
adventures. You: healthy, toned, 
WM, 35-40 looking for same. 
Lets talk and get together. 
© 6425. 

Together 

GWM, HIV-, would like to hear 
from someone who would like to 
meet an honest, loving, guy for 
life. Looking for GWM, GHM, HIV- 
30-45 were sex is important but 
not the only thing. © 6427. 

Mouth-Watering 

Thirty-two year old Irishman, 
5’10", 180#, w/ short dark hair 
and br eyes, down to earth but 
with a wild streak. Interests 
include pottery, graphic art, 
exploring the world. Would like to 
meet masculine, hairy guy, 30-45, 
for possible relationship. 
© 6432. 

School Football Player 

Or wrestler wanted for friend/ 
party bud sports Et videos dis¬ 
creet in SF next Civic Center 
BART. Leave phon name Et time 
to call you. © 6530. 

San Francisco Single Gay 
American-Chinese 

Male, 5'11", 160#, bright, intelli¬ 
gent, thoughtful, articulate, pro¬ 
gressive, humorous, clean-cut, 
substance free, relationship ori¬ 
ented; seeking similar single Cau¬ 
casian gay male. © 6517. 

GAM Seeks GWM 

Me: 31, 5'8", 140#, cute, slender, 
smooth, romantic. You: under 40, 
cleanshaven, gentle, affectionate. 

© 6507. 

Atn: Black Tops 
(40 and Under) 

GWM, 28, 6', 185, muse., brown, 
hr & eyes, HIV-, very mascu¬ 
line/handsome moving to S.F. 
9/1 seeks sim., tall, muse,, hung 
GBM top for rough/safe play Et 
more? Facial hair A+. © 6516. 



BM seeking friendship with a fun, 
professional males, 21-34yo. I'm 
into working out, body building, 
camping, skiing, most types of 
music, dancing, concerts and 
sports please be masc, a regular 
gym goer, muse and a serious 
good friend. © 6505. 

Virile, Mature, Masc. Dad 

Seeks boys all ages. 5'9", 175#, 
muse., getting back into shape. 
HIV-, ND. © 6548. 


57 ", Brown Hair/Blue Eyes 

235#, looking for fun loving sin¬ 
cere male. Not into gay scene to 
much. Likes to have quiet time at 
home. ND. Ray. © 6506. 

Hot Handsome Hunk 

In Santa Rosa, bodybuilder, mid 
50’s, (look young 40's) ISO hand¬ 
some wgh built G/BiWM 35-55 
possible Itr prefer top versatile 
you'll love making love to me. 
© 6513. 

HIV+ Handsome, 

Big Bear Wants Cubbies 

White male 50, smooth, wants 
young male 18+ as Father Son 
relationship. Prefer smooth, short 
and intact a plus, feminine, heavy 
a plus. © 6424. 

P.R. Stallion, 39yrs, 6*11" 

Looking for a person to party and 
go out doors, hiking, bike, horse 
back riding. 9 1/2 cock, top look¬ 
ing for a gd ass so I can fuck real 
good for as long. ® 6406. 

AttracUve GWM, 38, HIV+ 

Seeks other handsome men who 
are HIV+ for friendship and 
maybe more. I'm interested in all 
nationalities, but you must be 
between the age of 30-40. NS, 
ND. Lets get together and see 
what happens. © 6510. 

I Want You Deep In Mel 

You: GW/A/H SF top maybe 
younger than I wanting LTR, who 
likes dining, drinking, hot sex 
weekends. Me: generous, roman¬ 
tic, sharing submissive GWM, 
5'IT. 52., 213#. © 6509. 

Love And Laughs 

Me: 27yo, GWM new to SF. 5'10", 
165#, br/gr, actor/singer, adven¬ 
turous... but lonely. You: 20-35yo, 
romantic, adventurous and bot¬ 
tom. Race unimportant. Tired of 
the bar scene. Call! 
© 6508. 

Virile, Mature, Masc. Male 

Wd like to hear from ad #'s 6113, 
6321, 6123, 6158, 6206. Hv no 
access to "900* lines. 5'9', 175#, 
muse., getting back into shape. 

© 6549. 

Hairy Little Guy wanted 

I'm 42, 5'8', 153#, muscled, 
bearded, very hairy. You're small¬ 
er, also very hairy. We re both 
HIV+, into intense peework, oral, 
and other safe fur-grinding action. 
LTR possible, frequent fuck bud¬ 
dies more likely. © 6504. 

GWM, MV-, 48 

Look for GWM, GHM w/ a thick, 
big dick who enjoys getting 
together for good hot times. SF 
only. HIV-, ND. © 6426. 

Heads Turn 

When this 24yo, 6'2', 230#. 
bl/bl, eyed man walks by, but all 
they want is sex, I want more!! 
You be 21-35, good looking, fun, 
into working out Et want relation¬ 
ship. © 6503. 


Athletic's Delight 

Athletic Asian 47, 5'9", seeks 
clean-shaven, smooth, gym-toned 
WM for adventurous companion 
into hiking, sports, workouts, eth¬ 
nic foods, arts, world events and 
travel. © 6502. 



Professional Ebay BM, 42, 6', 
205#, hairy masculine 9", thick 
fit, medium built. Seeks attrac¬ 
tive. Very clean, HIV-, male well- 
hung. big round bubble butt, 
thick thigh and muscular built a 
plus, good times, possible friend¬ 
ship. © 6515. 

Not Endowed op 
A Greek God 

But a healthy, slim, fit, open mind¬ 
ed stable, unaffected nice guy 
and a great bottom. Were both 
HIV-, health conscious, emotion¬ 
ally available. NS/ND, and I'm fair, 
smooth, youthful, early 50's and 
ready. © 6532. 

BI Spanish Male 

PRFSNI, 27yo. Not into club/bar 
scene. Likes movies photography, 
music, weight training. 
Mischievous by nature but dis¬ 
creet. Sks clnct, NS, well 
built/pumped G or Bi WM with 
similar interests for fun and what¬ 
ever develops. © 6559. 

Loverman, 

I Where Can UB? 

I know you're out there! Me: 46yo, 
5'10", 185#, gry-brn/blue. I'm 
warm, sincere, open relationship 
oriented. You: 35-45. blonde a 
plus. I will travel to meet Mr. 
Right. © 6558. 

I'm Damn Tired 
01 Being Alone! 

Southern Daddy 44, Smoker, HIV- 
, stocky, masculine, good looks, 
nice car, nice apt., nice guy. 
Wants trim boy for lover and 
friend. Must be submissive per¬ 
sonable, kinky and loyal. Need 
friends too! © 6557. 

Big Load Desired 

32yo, latin male bottom, hung, 
tops in need of oral release in my 
face. Handsome studs, desired 
18-40. I like athletic and profes¬ 
sional who are horny and any 
race. Anonymous in counter. 
© 6555. 

Good Looking GWM 

23, brown/blue 6", 155 ISO 
friendship or poss. LTR w. other 
GWM or GLM 22-32.1 like to trav¬ 
el, exercise and tend to be spon¬ 
taneous at times. If this sounds 
good to you, give me a call you 
won't regret it. Serious replies 
only. © 6547. 

Fun Loving 47, MV- 

Would like to hear from same SF 
only 30-45. GWM, GLM into 
smoke, aroma long slow ses¬ 
sions.. I'll eat your Levis off." 

© 6539. 

GWM, 29, 5'8", 

140#, BI/BI, Bottom 

Seeking a steady, close to my 
age, tall, average build(or better, 
always a plus!). I'd like to move 
slowly and see what happens? 

© 6606. 

Tall, Trim, Top 

Aroused by power exchange? 
Safely explore submission with 
smart, sexy, sane, successful, bi 
WM, 41. HIV-. Prefer: 30's, attrac¬ 
tive, spiritual, muscular, NS, ND. 
© 6607. 

I Need A Blonde in My Ule 

Dominant top guy, 35, 185#, 
6 T, muscular, dark hair and 
eyes, seeks very thin, muscular, 
blondes, 18-40yrs, for fuck 
action, good times. © 6608. 

Seriously Seeking 
Ethnic Top 

GWM. 35, 6'2', 185#, very 
attractive, tones muse, body, 
good looking sincere. You’ll be 
pleased with me. © 6609. 

Tough Guy 

33, alternative type, GWM, HIV+, 
w/ tats and piercings enjoys 
workouts, surfing, hiking and 
blading. Affection for micro-brew¬ 
eries and the local band scene. 
Let's slay the urban sprawl togeth¬ 
er © 6610. 

Hot In-Shape GWM 

33, 5'9', 140#, brn/brn, seeks 
hot muscular man, any race. I'm 
fun. safe, HIV-, you too, please. 

© 6617. 


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PERSONALS 


Asians: J/O Is Safe 8k Hot 

Bvds/Boxers, lube, videos, cam- 
cording, cumshots. I'm WM, 35, 
hairy, cleanshaven, "attractive', 
masculine, easy going, tired of 
gay scene, no heavy 
alcohol/drugs, sensual & philo¬ 
sophical. © 6611. 

Buffed Body Builder 

Huge legs, chest, and arms. 29, 
5" 11", 208#, very good looking 
w/ light brown hair. Look half 
Asian and half white. You must 
be muscular. Race unimportant. 
You won't be disappointed. 
© 6612. 

Are You A Muse Black Guy? 

I'm GWM, 37, muscular, looking 
for a sculptured, muscular 
smooth GBM to date. Please be 
serious and sincere. ® 6613. 

Seek HIV+, GWM Top 

Especially one who intentionally 
sero converted. Possible research, 
but also LTR? Live in SF, be affec¬ 
tionate. healthy. You: probably 
younger. Me: GWM. 52, 5'11", 
210 #. © 6614. 

Palo Alto GAM Cocksucker 

By 35yo, who likes giving free 
blowjobs to guys under 45 with 
no recepro. on a very discreet 
basis. © 6615. 


Female To Male 
Transgendered? 

If your sexual with queer genetic 
men read on! I date only FTM, 
and while I never object to casual 
sexual encounter(s) fun, it would 
be much nicer to have more than 
just one nights stands. Don't you 
agree? © 6616. 

Sissy White Boy, 38 

Wants to meet Mark Fuhrman's 
nightmare. Older, black, thick 
straight horny, virile, buffed, 
demanding, kinky. Needing stead 
service. © 6618. 

Equal Daddy? 

25yo, GWM, hairy, husky, beard¬ 
ed bear cub seeks G.A. daddy 
bear who is capable of being 
dominant in bed and equal out. 
LTR possible © 6619. 

Looking For A 
Special Asian Top? 

I'm Chinese, 35, 5'7", 145#, hot 
and healthy, HIV+, smooth skin, 
nice body, aggressive, seeks 
GWM, lover over 6'0", who enjoys 
sharing good times & good sex, 
serious only please. © 6620. 

Masculine/Romantic 

Tall European GWM professional, 
37, 6'3", looking to meet tall 
GWM, 35-45, professional HIV-, 
drug-free, NS for dating for true 
romance. © 6621. 

GWMGDLks Seeks Other 

29yo, 5'9", 165#, sks other GM 
for friends for poss. LTR. Looking 
for ordinary loving type up to 
45yo. Me not very experienced 
but want love from a nice man. 
© 6651. 

Seeking 

Adventure 

M-M 


DT4TT 

Marathon deepthroat gumjob for 
xxxx thick (got room) dick, and 
age, race (UC A+). Tit work con¬ 
trols the action. Stoned hours to- 
the-root kick back action for you. 
No recip. Trip on your dick. 
© 6420. 

Masculine Buddy Wanted 

Working to build muscle man. 
Want a very masculine, muscular, 
dominant coach, workout fuck 
buddy to push me to my goal. 
Prefer WM over 5'11". 185+, , 
solid build. Someone to emulate. 
I'm a masculine prof. WM, HIV-, 
Italian, nice looking, a trim 5' 10", 
165. © 6543. 

Exceptional Black Top Man 

Would enjoy meeting a sincere, 
tall, husky, masculine, non-beard- 
ed bottom man. Sincere, avail¬ 
able, easy-to-reach, non-bearded 
men only. Moustache, BB, aroma 
A+. © 6415. 

Rustic Looking lYpes 

I'm attracted to rustic. Tenderloin 
type GM s who enjoy oral sex, 
kissing and affection from a 38yo 
GLM facial/long hair A+. Not nec¬ 
essary. ND, smoking OK. 
© 6431. 


Muscular Asianl 

GWM, 30, 5'10". 175#, masculine 
top, attractive, HIV-, light skinned. 
Seeking others 18-35, in good 
shape & intelligent. © 6428. 

P Rican Incarceration 

■'Top, 39yo, brn/bl, 5'IT looking 
for a relationship & good times. 
21~45yrs with ht bottom. Ass lov¬ 
ing, likes outdoor, listen to music, 
opera, movies, horse ridding, 
bikes and motorcycles. 
© 6416. 

Evil Service Required 

Hot, hung, masc., Mex, 5'9", 
165#, 35yo seeks good looking 
gay/bi males with similar descrip¬ 
tion. Race unimportant, vers, ok. 
Masc. & big pecs A+. 
© 6418. 

Suck Buddy 

Masc. GWM, 37, 6'2", 195#, B.B., 
well hung, 8 1/2x6, cut and 
shaved. ISO in shape under 45 
dude who is as obsessed with 
sucking as I am. Well hung, 
shaved balls and face a plus, but 
not necessary. Just be attr. and 
have a hot mouth and my suck is 
all yours! © 6419. 

GLM Bottom Looking For 

GBM. Would like to plow tight, 
hairy ass. I am ready for your 
thick big dick. Weekend any time. 
All calls answered. © 6523. 

Contra Costa Top Man 

5'ir, 160#, gym toned body, 
br/gr, 28, seeks other men for 
friends and fun and a good look¬ 
ing patient gentle top to deflower 
my virgin bottom. © 6521. 


Seeking GBM 

GWM, 40, 5'10", 190, HIV-, hairy 
chest, gr/br, attrac., seeking 
attrac, GBM, 21-50, dark, smooth, 
in-shape, & Hiv-, please, for hot 
oral sessions. LTR possible. 
Please call. Let's talk. ® 6525. 

Magahung 
Ebay Black Daddy 

Needs to have his long chocolate 
love tool drained often by a 
mature, masculine, non-bearded 
sleep throated expert. Please be 
free early weekday mornings and 
late weeknights. No bprs, VM, 
pgrs, cellular #s. ® 3524. 

White Tops 

GBM 47, tall, swimmer's build is 
looking for white tops to give a 
good butt pounding tall men are 
a plus. © 6520. 

Virile Mature, Masc. Male] 

Would like to hear from ad# 
6160, 6127, 6153, 6133. Have no 
access to 900 lines. 5'9:, 175#, 
muse., getting back into shape. 
I'mHIV-. ND. © 6551. 

Stralght/Bi-Curious 
WM Wanted 

By very handsome GAM, 28, 
5'10", 140#, smooth-skinned. Let 
me introduce you to the wonders 
of gay sex! Please be 21-35 yo. 

© 6550. 

Santa Rosa GWM, 

38, 6', 160# 

Very muscular seeks muscular 
seeks mutual fuck buddy for ass 
eating good times, HIV-, mascu¬ 
line guys only Santa Rosa. 

© 6545. 


Tall White Hunks 
Looking For Pretty Boy 

I'm pretty, gay, 23yo, mixed 
(B&W), famine, 5' 10" and classy. I 
like cute white men over 6', tall, 
under 40yo, sophisticated, into 
safe sex and 4 play, fun times, 
shopping, weekend rendezvous 
and a nice dresser. Sincere, gen¬ 
erous tall guys only!! © 6542. 

Leather Top 
8eeks Bottom 

GWm. 35, 175, br/bl, 

stache/beard hairy, pierced, 8" 
cut, seeks leather bottoms for hot 
action, WS, bondage a plus. Must 
be over 25, into leather and all 
that it implies. Call me! 
© 6540. 

Handsome Bodybuilder 
Wants Pussy Cat 

He likes to play with you till you 
turn into a pussy cat in heat, eat 
your clean bubble butt, pin you 
down, ride you till you scream, 
and short in ecstasy. If you like 
he'd tie you up and ravage your 
ass. Body builder is 33 dark 
Asian/Latin features, sculptured 
smooth muscles! You: attractive, 
trim, in heat. © 6622. 

Bottom into Dildos 

Seeks top. I am 43, HIV+, 6', 
190#, brown/brown. John. 

© 6624. 

No Hassle Oral Worship 

By nice guy who wants your hot 
load in my face. I'm white, 39, 
good body, hot mouth and throat. 
Your place, HIV-, only. Prefer mas¬ 
culine blacks. Asians and very 
furry men. ® 6627. 


Fat Free 

Butch top male, 6'1". Greek fuck 
active, 35yrs, 185#, muscular, 
loves thin muse guys, 18-35yrs, 
w/ very low body fat for sexual 
adventure. Veiny arms, wash¬ 
board abdominal are big turn on. 
© 6630. 

South Bay Fuck 

Top fuck guy, 6'1". 185#, dark 
hair and eyes, 35, seeks lean and 
mean thin muscle guys 18-38 for 
buttfucking and good times. All 
hole fantasies will be fulfilled. 
© 6631. 

Great Kisserl 

Gdlkg, GWM. 29. 5'9". 170#, gym 
toned seeks Gdlkg, GWM, 25-40 
for hot, long french kissing ses¬ 
sions Mon/Tue day. I'm hot & 
very oral with great lips & a long 
tongue. Let's kiss. © 6632. 

Dallas, Texas, Aggressive, 
Masculine, GWM Daddy 

Will be here 10/28-11/2 looking 
for a slim. hot. totally submissive, 
eager to please boy-toy, under 33, 
clean-shaven, oral expert, for 
hard, rough, top-action. Daddy: 
tall, bearded, protective, under¬ 
standing, good looking. Call for 
interview. Relocation possible. 
Experience optional. ® 6633. 

Bottoms Up 

Me: Tall, gym toned lean, early 
30's, mustache/goatee, very 
good looking top, hot. You: also 
toned, lean and very handsome. 
Seeking stud service. Not looking 
for the average. You too? 
© 6636. 



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Available Onlv in the Bay Area on Touch-Tone Telephones. You Must Be at Least 18Y/0 to Call. 


Horny, Hot, Hung, Top 

Looking for bottoms who love 
anal sex. Let me help make your 
evening fun. ® 6522. 

Mexican Seeks WM 

Nice friendly Mexican 37yo, 5'4", 
135#, green eyes, clean-cut, 
seeks topman WM for fun. 

© 6417. 

Explosive Orgasms 

Muscular horny professional, 38, 
5'10", 165#, w/ Mediterranean 
looks hazel eyes & thick wavy 
hair, well hung + strong drive 
seeks same aged to younger who 
is accommodating, sexy w/ 
dense hair for sensuous foreplay 
leading to explosive orgasms. 
© 6430. 

East Contra Costa GWM 
BEAR CPL Hairy ft Bearded 

Both HIV-, dark hair, gdlkg, 
51(6'3", 225#) & 41 (5' 10", 225#) 
sk masc., versatile, bear types 
who are HIV-(only), over 35, hairy 
& over 180#, for a good safe 
time. Perm. 3-way relationship 
possible for right man. We are 
both professionals, stable, own 
our home & together 18+yrs. If 
you feel you measure up, give us 
a call Et will talk. Please be 
mobile. © 6556. 

Need A Shave? 

do you like the feel of a razor 
shaving you smooth from cock to 
butt for a sensual feel? Than 
relax, spread your legs and I will 
give you that expert shave. Look 
mid-30's, cln shvn., 5'11", 155#, 
good looks and nice body. 
© 6526. 


Older, Hung 
Black Man, Oakland 

Area, needs a deep throat mas¬ 
sage for his 9", lover tool a^, 5pm 
or 10:30pm. You're a masculine, 
mature (over 40), non-bearded 
deep throat expert eager to 
please me. Thanks. © 6546. 

Looking For Tops 

Tight bottom needs GWM who 
likes to have hot long sessions. 
Must be under 40 & HIV-. Can't 
wait to bend over or raise my legs 
up in the air. © 6544. 

Free Quality Massage 

For cute young guys who lake 
good care of themselves. Great 
for straight & bi-curious. I'm 6'2", 
175#, 1, 42, masculine. A safe, 
pleasurable, experience. Table. 
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Dominate Bears 

Sought by good looking, mas. 
WM who likes getting verbal 
abuse and instructions while wor¬ 
shipping your cock and balls. 

© 6511. 

Wrestling Boxing Games 

WM, 48, 5' 10", 175, strong, hairy 
chest, moustache, likes to play 
rough, looking for guys into it. 

© 6538. 

Blond Flattop, 

And very masculine stud seeks 
police,fireman, guard types into 
69, fuck, suck, rim and kissing. 
I'm young 40 with no diseases 
and complete discretion into 
unique hot fantasy sex. 
© 6623. 


Unusual RR 

PWA/KS seeks other outcast by 
disease serostatus for friendship 
adventure sex or? Sanoma county 
name & number for call back seri¬ 
ous only. © 6626. 

Daddy Top Wants Son 

Me: attrac. GWM. 45, 6'5". 280#, 
football players build. You: attrac., 
GWM, 18-35, slim, smooth to 
moderate body hair and great 
buns. Ass massage-spanking. 
Dad wants to spank his bad son. 
Your butt will feel great. You need 
it bad. © 6625. 

Hellhole DominaUon 

By devilish dick fuckmaster, 6'1". 
185#, 35yrs., muscular. Bare butt 
bottoms must be thin, muscular, 
18-40yo, and love to get drilled. 
Blondes especially wanted. 
© 6628. 

Attention Guys 18-25 

Top guy, 35, 185#, 6' 1", muscu¬ 
lar, .dark hair, and eyes, muscular, 
mustache, HIV-, wants to fuck 
with thin muscular, athletic guys. 
Fun times ahead! Inexperienced, 
curious, bisexual encouraged to 
replay. © 6629. 

21 yo Latino ISO Some Fun 

21 yo, GLM, College student, cute, 
5'10", 215#, rugby player, looking 
for 18-41 yo GWM/GLM, top. for 
hot sexy fun times, & or a possi¬ 
ble LTR. © 6634. 

Hung Big 

Hot, 6', 35, ISO good looking All- 
American collegiate type w/ gym 
toned body hung big seeks good 
looking guys hung as big (or big¬ 
ger?) © 6635. 


East Bay Aussie 

36, 180#, straw/blonde wants to 
play at nights with local guys. 
HIV-, NS, ND. jock straps & Jo's a 
plus. Please be genuine & around 
same age. © 6637. 

Fetishes 

Muscle Fans/S.F. 

Avid muscle fan seeks others for 
sex play while viewing BB videos, 
GWM, 35, beard, woofable. Live 
in S.F. area, you too. Let's pump it 
up, dude. © 6421. 

Enemas 

You: enemas are your main sex 
gratification, 20-50, have own 
equipment, give and receive, 
experienced, spanking, dildoes. 
Me: same, have equipped play¬ 
room. © 6429. 

Foot/Footwear Ucker 

Intelligent HIV-, hirsute sexy 48yo 
masochist wants only hot, clean 
footed masters. Looking for all 
around foot slave. Ebay preferred. 
Prefer verbai men. © 6528. 

WS Orgy 

Seeking hot guys (20-35), all 
races, for wet & wild WS parties. 
Uncut men, Europeans, & Asians 
a bit +. © 6527. 

Complete 
Latex Coverage 

Seeking head to toe Latex Action. 
Handsome furry bear cub seeks 
versatile latex partner. As long as 
I'm covered in latex my interests 
range from extreme kink to cud¬ 
dling, kissing, & making love. I'm 
a true latex fetishist. © 6533. 


Boot slave Licks 
Your Boots and Morel 

28yo, boot slave craves humiliat¬ 
ing existence beneath the feet of 
a sadistic master in 20's or 30's. 
Privileges for slave are licking dirt 
from soles of your boots, being 
stepped on, spit on, pissed on 
and lent to your friends. Slave is 
28. good looking, 155#, 5'10". 
© 6638. 

HIV: Mid Symptomatic But 
In Good Healthy SSI 

Blue collar type seeks to share liv¬ 
ing space your place or mine out¬ 
side of city prefer but area really 
unimportant. I am adventitious, 
creative and seeking companion¬ 
ship with other who share similar 
interest, race unimportant. I'm 
drug free. © 6553. 

That Guy Doesn't 
Have Any Pants On! 

Bad boy saves up cum for days, 
takes pants off in public, streaks 
through cruisy parks/alleys in 
tight, shiny brightly colored bikini 
briefs, sniffing aroma, sporting 
huge, hard, horny boner! Seeks 
studs w/ sim. fetish. © 6639. 


Sneaker Scenel 

Sneaker action. Service wanted 
into sneaks, hightops, cross-train¬ 
ers, kink, etc. © 6640. 

East Bay/Oakland 
Exhibitionist 

Bi WM seeks guys/gals for pri¬ 
vate JO shows at my home. Other 
fantasies include wanting 2 or 
more guys to JO on my face. Very 
safe and discreet, expect the 
same. Bring your boyfriend or girl 
friend. Lesbian couples welcome 
too. © 6641. 

Stop 

Relax, 50's sizzling tongue will 
take WM with big clean feet guy. 
Meet and I'll make you feel so 
good. Try it you will love it. 

© 6642. 


Feet 

I have enjoyed lifelong excitement 
looking at and fantasizing about 
men's barefeet. I'm aroused sen¬ 
sually by kissing, licking, 
smelling, and caressing barefeet 
in reciprocal action, JO. 1 Ebay 
GWM, 5'8", 140#, tan, bearded, 
HIV-, NA, ND. 

© 6643. 


Are You Thirsty? 

Thirsty, perverted, mature, experi¬ 
enced piss pigs wanted to contain 
the flow from big hose. 
Endurance, oriented, face sitter, 
gives yellow, hot gallons. 
© 6644. 

Seeking 

Freaky Huge Nipples 

I'm 37, GWM and would like to 
date/service a muse, guy w/ 
huge protruding nipples on a reg 
basis. © 6645. 

Seeking GBM/GAM Soul 
Mate Into Raunch 

Chubby GWM, 51. 5'10", 270#, 
cleanshaven, smooth body, into 
scat. Looking for LTR w/ stocky 
smooth bodies GBM or GAM age 
45-75 who is also into scat. No 
S&M or role playing, just* affec¬ 
tionate mutual raunch. I'm versa¬ 
tile, french, bottom, greek, smok¬ 
er. Average looks a plus. 
Overweight/chubby/obese is a 
big plus. © 6646. 



GWM, 40 s needs your firm hand 
on the seat of my pants, white 
jockeys and bare ass (w/ my 
pants and shorts pulled down 
past my butt). Authoritative over 
the knee spanking and/or pad¬ 
dling expected. Now administer 
it. Thank you sir! ® 6647. 


Other 

Brave Only 

PWA/KS seeks others outcast by 
disease serostatus for friendship 
and adventure, sex or ? Sanoma 
county. Name and number for call 
back serious only. © 6529. 

The Honest Guy In Town 

Even the Hottest guy in town is 
not worth you risking your health 
over. Play Safe! Protect yourself & 
those you Play with. Always wear 
a condom, don't exchange bodily 
fluids. If you HIV+ don’t panic, get 
early treatment, talk to someone. 
© 6529. 


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Facing Eden 

"100 Years of Landscape Art in 
the Bay Area' Wed .-Sup. thru 
11/26. $ 5 . deYoung Museum, 
Golden Gate Park. 863-3330. 

Gay skate 

Rink full of queers on roller¬ 
skates. $5 includes skates 
rental. &-iO:30pm. Rolladium 
Roller Rink, 363 North Amphlett, 

San Mateo 1-800-473-8658. 

Lesbian & Gay 
Open Reading 

Authors of both poetry and 
prose invited to share their 
work, free. 7:30pm. Modern 
Times Bookstore, 888 Valencia. 

282-9246. 

Sacred Gifts 

"Precolumbian Art & Creativity' 
thru 11/26. Also: The Tomb 
Treasures of Ancient West 
Mexico' Wed-Sun., 12-5pm thru 
10/1. $ 3 . The Mexican 
Museum, Bldg. D. Fort Mason. 
441-0404. 

The Southern 
Belle Show 

Installation by Val Russell. Also: 
installations "Mother the Son" 
by Reginald Lamar and 
"Bodysnatcher" by Camille Rose 
Garcia. Wed-Sat. thru 9/30. 
Southern Exposure, 401 
Alabama. 863-2141. 

Tracing Cultures 

Cultural migration and change 
through photography. Thru 11/5. 
$4. Ansel Adams Center for 
Photography, 250 4th St. 

495-7000. 

Young At Hearts 

Don Campbell s documentary on 
eight Jewish women in their 
70s & 80s at Opera Plaza 
Cinema, call for times. 

771-0102. 

Thursday 28 

DavtaLBerg, 

Ninafilaser 

New photographs by Glaser, 
'Buttes and Plains: Paintings" by 
Berg, Tues.-Sat. thru 10/17. 
Morphos Gallery, 49 Geary. 

399-1439. 

Bingo 

Gay bingo benefits Coming 
Home Hospice, every Thurs. $12. 
Doors 6 pm. Most Holy Redeemer 
Church. 100 Diamond St. 

241-0425. 

Crazy & Mixed Up 

Paintings by Mark Johnson. Also: 
Monica Prabha Pilar, Diane 
Olivier, Sherry Olsen, installation 
and mixed media. Thurs.-Sat., 12- 
5pm thru 10/5. Belcher Studios 
Gallery, 69 Belcher. 626-8917. 


Dillsberry, U.S.A. 

In Ellen Boscov s play, a leather- 
clad ghost visits hometown 
America. Thurs.-Sun. thru 10/1, 
call for times. $10-14. The 
Marsh. 1062 Valencia. 826-5750. 

Dolls and Puppets 

Creations by Brett Love, Timothy 
Cummings, Michelle Rollman, 
others. Thurs.-Sat. thru 10/14. 
Collision, 417 14th St. 431-4074. 


Hole 

Group show with Arthur Tress, 
Robin Lasser, Rudy Lemcke, oth¬ 
ers, curated by Richard Titus. 
Reception. 6 pm. Thru 11/28. 
Artificial Gallery, 325 Noe. 

Tech Bash 

Group show of artists bashing 
technology, thru 9/30. Blasthaus 
Gallery, 217 2nd St. 896-1700. 

23 Anos Atras 

Paintings by Mexico City artist 
Carlos Jaurena. Reception, 6 pm. 


Thru 10/22. Polanco Gallery, 393 
Hayes. 252-5753. 

Unfair Arguments 
with Existence 

One act plays by Lawrence 
Ferlinghetti. Thurs.-Sat. thru 
9/30. $ 8 . Bernice St. Playhouse, 
21 Bernice. 863-5946. 

Women With Balls 

Showcase for women stand-up 
comics, every Thurs. 8 pm. Cat's 
Grill and Alley Club, 1190 
Folsom. 431-3332. 



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Continued from page 1 

As early as last Thursday they 
started arriving. Just a small part 
of the thousands of leatherpeople 
who are expected to converge on 
San Francisco for Leather Pride 
Week, the 15th International Mr. 
Drummer Contest (Saturday, 
Sept. 23), and the 12th Annual 
Folsom Street Fair (Sunday, Sept. 
24). Plenty of other events are 
being planned for each night of 
this momentous week and record 
crowds are assured at most of 
them. 

Yesterday, Sept. 20, the Mr. 
Drummer contestants arrived in 
SF for registration. They drew 
numbers to determine their 
appearances onstage at the com¬ 
petition. Then they auctioned off 
baskets full of goodies from their 
home regions to benefit the 
Eagle’s Mr. Drummer travel fund. 
A covey of hot leather/Levi/latex 
men then gathered at the Russian 
Hill digs of Rick Booth for an 
annual soiree that has become the 
highlight of Leather Week. Mr. 
Booth really knows how to throw 
a party! 

Tonight, Thursday, Sept. 21, is 
Fetish & Fantasy at 1015 Folsom, 
which will feature scads of people 
engaging in all manner of erotic 
fantasies and other esoteric activ¬ 
ities. Tickets are only $10 and the 
action goes till the wee hours of 
Friday. 

On Friday morning, the 13 Mr. 
Drummer contenders go before 
the judges for preliminary inter¬ 
views at 0830, quite possibly the 
most important part of the entire 
judging process. Seven judges 
will preside over the event, in 
which up to 200 points will be 
awarded to competitiors for inter¬ 
views, fantasies, speeches and 
physique posing; whoever gets 
the closest to 5,600 points will 
walk away with the title. 

Charged with the awesome 
responsibility of judging the com¬ 
petition are: Inti. Mr. Drummer 
‘94 Keith Hunt; American 
Leather Woman Sarah Humble of 
Baltimore; Inti. Mr. NLA Don 
Bastian of Calgary, Ontario; Inti. 
Mr. Bear Will Pettite of Los 
Angeles; Inti. Mr. Leather Chief 
Judge Thom Dombkowski of 


Contestants 
in the 15th 
International 
Mr. 

Drummer 

Contest 


Chicago; Bear magazine editor 
Joseph Bean of San Francisco; 
and American Leather 
Man/Woman ’95 producer, Vem 
Stewart of Washington, D.C. 

Friday night. Leather Cruise 
gets underway at 2000 aboard the 
Santa Rosa, at Pier 3 under the 
Bay Bridge. Outgoing Inti. Mr. 
Drummer Keith Hunt will get 
roasted by various individuals 
and a buffet with dancing and 
cocktails will follow. All the con¬ 
testants will be there. Tickets are 
only $19.95. 

On Saturday afternoon, the 
doors open at 1500 sharp at 
Pleasuredome, 177 Townsend (at 
3rd St.), for the competition. The 
show begins promptly at 1530. At 
this writing, all the VIP 
seats/packages are sold out and 
only SRO tickets ($25) are avail¬ 
able at the door. The whole thing 
should be over by 2030, so you’ll 
still have time to go out and party 
or have dinner before you begin 
the night prowl. 

Sunday, of course, is the 12th 
Annual Folsom Street Fair, which 
begins at 1100 on Folsom St. 
between 7th and 12th. 
Meteorologists predict a warm 
and sunny day. Folsom St. Fair 
organizers can tell you it has 
never rained on the day of the fair. 
Myriad booths, bodies and enter¬ 
tainment stages will be set up for 
everbody’s maximum pleasure. 
Parties, both public and private, 
will take place all over town 
before, during, and after the 
events listed above. I hope you 
got invitations to some or all of 
them. 

San Francisco Leather Pride 
Week ’95 got off to a great start 
last Sunday, Sept. 17th, with the 
4th annual Leather Pride Walk 
from Daddy’s in the Castro down 
to the SF-Eagle. A dedicated 
group that included Mr. Gulf 
Coast Drummer John Benavides 
and Mr. Northern California 
Drummer Omar Moseley partici¬ 
pated. Aside from Leather Daddy 
Cornelius „ Conboy, Empress 
Donna and Emperor Brian, there 
were no other (current) SF leather 
titles there at all! Makes you won¬ 



der why they wanted those titles 
so badly, doesn’t it? Only 90 peo¬ 
ple participated, but the total 
raised was $11,440 for the AIDS 
Emergency Fund. And for the 
third year in a row, Joseph 
Talarico led the pledges with a 
whopping $1,645; Steve Gaynes 
garnered $520, and our good 
friend “Mama” from the East Bay 
turned in $435! Bravo! Thank you 
all so much! 

When the walk ended at the 
Eagle, the 1996 Bare Chest 
Calendar guys were on hand with 
8 x 10 blow-ups of their calendar 
photos. An auction for dinner 
dates followed. In addition, some 
coveted Robert Uyvari artwork 
from the estate of the late Terry 
Thompson was put up for auction 
(half of the proceeds went to the 
AIDS Emergency Fund). When 
the auction shenanigans by Lenny 
Broberg, Irwin Kane, and Tom 
Rodgers were over, $2,400 had 
been raised. The Eagle patio was 
packed, the food furnished by 
Leticia’s was flawless, and when I 
left people were heading to 
Eichelberger’s for the $50 dinner 
with slave boys. Total amount 
raised for the AIDS Emergency 
Fund: almost $14,000! Bravo! 
Thanks to all of you who support¬ 
ed both events and especially to 
all the volunteers! Contributing to 
this already perfect day, our 
beloved 49ers trounced the New 
England Patriots 28-3 to establish 
a 3-0 record. Victory is sweet, 
isn’t it? 

As you wade into the madness 
of this weekend, please, be cau¬ 
tious. Assign a designated driver 
and, above all, have fun. From 
where I’m standing, Leather Pride 
Week ’95 is shaping up to be 
another smashing leather success! 
I hope everyone participates. And 
now, let the games begin! Good 
luck to all the Mr. Drummer con¬ 
testants! And to Keith Hunt, 
thanks for a great year! The many 
laughs we shared on our trips to 
the regional contests couldn’t 
have been better. And if you ever 
do get married Keith, promise us 
that San Francisco will get first 
pick of the litter! T 




All photos by Mr. Marcus 


Rico Ware 

Mr. Southeast Drummer 


John Benavides 

Mr. Gulf Coast Drummer 


Alvin Robinson 

Mr. Great Lakes Drummer 


Jim Gau 

Mr. Desert/Plains Drummer 


Ed Ryder 

Mr. Mid-Atlantic Drummer 


PAGE 50-BAY AREA REPORTER-September 21, 1995 






















































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All phone numbers are in 
the 416 area code unless oth¬ 
erwise indicated. 

Thursday, Sept, 21 

Fetish & Fantasy party at 
1015 Folsom begins at 2000 
and ends when they fall down 
exhausted. 

Hot Ash Eighth Anniversary 
Smoker at the Lone Star Saloon 
at 2100 to bar closing time. 

Weekend, Sept. 22-24 

L/SM Roundup “Bound by 
Serenity" registration Friday at 
MCC. 1800-2200; workshops, 
quiet room, art show at 
Holiday Inn Civic Center on 
Saturday; farewell brunch, 
sobriety countdown, raffle and 
play party after Folsom St. Fair 
on Sunday at the HICC. 

Friday, Sept. 22 

Leather Cruise aboard the 
Santa Rosa at Pier 3 (The 
Embarcadero). Mr. Drummer 
Keith Hunt will be "roasted,” so 
break out those chestnuts. 

Tough Customer Party at 
Blow Buddies from 2100 to 
0200; nudity and fetish wear 
encouraged (upstairs). Scouts 
from Catalina Video will be on 
hand to photograph and 
search for models. Your 
chance to become a porn 
actor, but stardom is not guar¬ 


anteed, even with a tight 
sweater. 

Stogie party and erotic pho¬ 
tos of Powerpfay's "Mr. Mike" 
by Greg Day. Call 821-1986 for 
time, location and invite. 

Saturday, Sept. 23 

Eye openers and continen¬ 
tal breakfast free at Lone Star 
Saloon from 0900 to noon. 

Two fetish parties at the 
Jackhammer; Vulcan America 
& Rubber Co. ($6) beer bust 
from 1400 to 1800, followed 
by Head Shaving Party from 
1600 to 1900. 

International Mr. Drummer 
Finals, 1500, Pleasuredome, 
177 Townsend at Third St. All 
that's left are $25 SRO tickets, 
which are only available at the 
door. Big leather dance imme¬ 
diately following the competi¬ 
tion. 

The 15 Association play 
party, 2100-0200, for a $10 
fee. Call 673-0452 for invite 
and location. 

Sunday, Sept. 24 

The climax of SF Leather 
Pride Week begins at 1100 on 
Folsom Street (between 7th 
and 12th sts.). Booths galore, 
spankings, piercings, bodies, 
bodies in leather and latex - 
and perhaps nothing at all! 

Hospitality Smoker's Suite 


by Hot Ash & EBC at Best 
Western Civic Center at 9th 
and Harrison. Time to blow 
some smoke rings! 

Weekend, Sept 29 - 
Oct 1 

Golden Gate Guards week¬ 
end run, "Northern Lights," at 
Camp Mendocino. 

Inaugural National Run 
(Australian Club Run 

Association) weekend by all 
Australian bike clubs. Write to 

ACRA, P.0. Box 366, 

Cabramatta. NSW 2166, 

Australia. 

Monday, Oct. 2 

Bill Bowers' color and B&W 
photo show opens at the SF- 
Eagle with a reception for the 
artist at 2000. 

Weekend, Oct 5-8 

Living In Leather, the annu¬ 
al gathering of the National 
Leather Association in 
Portland, Oregon. Also Fresno 
Leather Fest in Fresno and the 
American Uniform Association 
Review Weekend, also in 
Portland. Bad Boy Club of 
Montreal Black & Blue Party all 
weekend; Pegasus MOC "Find 
the Lost Planet" weekend run. 
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party on Saturday, Sept. 
30, starting at 8 p.m. The soiree at 
the Penthouse Showroom, with 
special entertainment and canapes 
by “A-Unique Chef’ Dennis 
Tyler, promises to be a spectacular 
fall highlight and should not be 
missed. 

Wasn’t that mayoral candidate 
Willie Brown sitting on Dolly 
Dale’s lap (see photo) at the 
Giraffe recently? Word has it that 
Dolly gave Willy’s campaign 
quite a boost. 

Empress Reba is out of the 
hospital and back at work at the 
*P.S. Bar and looking swell. Keep 
it up, girl! 

Happy birthday greetings go 
out to Jim Doan on the 29th. It 
was sweet of you to take your 
mother to Hawaii for a vacation. 
Hope those leis were fast and furi¬ 
ous. 

Overheard at Marlena’s: 
“Sweet Lips is so old she farts 
sawdust.” Yes, darlings, and it 



Sweet Lips, before her mid¬ 
afternoon Triple-Sec Slinger. 


smells divine. 

It was great to have Emperor I 
of Portland Kim Chidester here 
recently for a weekend. This is his 
20th year, and he now lives in Salt 
Lake City. Kim reminded us that 
Empress XVI of Portland Doni 
Lame may not have that city’s 
most expensive porno collection, 
but it’s certainly the kinkiest! (I’ve 
personally sampled at least a 
dozen of the tapes, and I can tell 
you this stuff is so smutty it would 
make even Ashtray David cringe.) 

Another date to remember: 
Friday, Sept. 22. That evening at 9 
p.m. Alex Miranda, Michael 
Vaticano and a host of other glam 
celebs will present “Tropical 
Nights” at Kimo’s Penthouse. Be 
sure to attend this benefit for PCPV 
and bring your own cocoa butter! 

Presto Chango! Ms. Cowgirl 
Vera is out of the hospital after her 
operation and doing well, even 
though she will be off work for a 
month. Ms. Vicki (no, she’s not 
Tiny Tim’s first wife) is back at 


work at Kimo’s and loving it. 

Speaking of my work place, do 
drop in and have a libation with 
me sometime (earlier is better than 
later; you know how I get). My 
favorite drink, you query? 
Smirnoff with soda - and no fruit! 
It only soaks up the alcohol and 
sticks in your throat. I don’t know 
about you, but I like a clear path 
down my esophagus. 

Incidentally, Ms. Peggy wants 
you to know that Charpe’s Bar and 
Grill has not been sold and is still 
serving dinner every night plus 
Sunday brunch. Go-go down to 
Gough Street and enjoy their 
gourmand delights. 

Watch out leather legend Mr. 
Marcus! Marne, Lance and the 
whole Portland pack are descend¬ 
ing on Faghdad by the Bay for the 
Folsom Street Fair. You can bet 
they’ll be lurking and lurching in 
their cowhide couture! By the 
way, darling, is it true that you’ve 
given up the leather lifestyle for 
lace and satin? ▼ 



H his delicious beauty (photographed by Howard Roffman) is just one of the many tantalizing images 
on display in Mark I. Chester’s latest photographic spectacle, which includes works by Cliff Baker, 
Daniel Nicoletta, Loren Cameron, Craig Morey and many others. Up through mid-October at Chester’s 
studio, 1229 Folsom St. Call 292-3223 for information. 


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Saturday’s show was great, but 
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forcibly removed by tough grrrls 
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the band’s favorite city to play in? 

^ f coming out is supposed to 
III hurt an actor’s career, some¬ 
one must have forgotten to tell 

Amanda Bearse. Since she 
came out in the press three years 
ago, she’s grown from a sit-com 
second banana on Married With 
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known lesbians in the country. 
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with Freestyles, the first commer¬ 
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audience. The first episode aired 
in July; the second is scheduled 
for October on VH-1. 

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future is already in doubt. The 
show, which is produced by 
infomercial distributor Worldwide 
Target Demographic Television, 
may switch to an infomercial for¬ 
mat and begin selling products to 


gay and lesbian viewers. Not the 
shy, retiring kind, Bearse has 
expressed her contempt for the 
format change. “I am not comfort¬ 
able with an infomercial format,” 
she told journalist Wayne 
Hoffman. “I don’t want to pander 
to my community. I would love to 
see the show continue with or 
without me, but in the format that 
exists presently.” 

feature film based on the 

lesbian comic novel 

Gaudi Afternoon is 
'* ® expected to enter produc¬ 
tion early next year in Barcelona 
and London. The gender-bending 
mystery, adapted from the novel 
by Bay Area author Barbara 
Wilson, will be produced by the 
Academy Award-winning 

Spanish production house, 
IberoAmericana. Susan 

Seidelman ( Desperately Seeking 
Susan ) will direct. Named after 
Spanish architect Antonio Gaudi, 
Gaudi Afternnoon tells the story 
of Cassandra Reilly, a lesbian 
translator hired to locate a miss¬ 
ing husband in Spain who finds 
herself embroiled in a child kid¬ 
napping. The novel was the recip¬ 
ient of both the Lambda Literary 
Award for Best Lesbian Mystery 
and the British Crime Writers 
Association Award for Best Novel 
Set in Europe. ▼ 


Johnson 

Continued from page 37 

today ... well, I painted her and she 
started turning green.” 

Dressed to the teeth, of regal 
bearing, Madame X looks like she 
could be at the Opera opening. 

“Except that she’s green. I 
don’t know if they’d like that.” 

Before I leave the artist to his 
work, I look over some of his 
miniatures. They are somewhat 
overshadowed by the huge oil 
paintings in the show, but they 
reward scrutiny. 


“This one is after a Degas 
bather, but instead of towel-drying 
her arm, she’s shooting up. You 
get close, and you’re like, 
‘Omigod, she’s a drug addict!”’ 
Welcome to Mark Johnson’s world 
of very post-impressionism. ▼ 

Crazy St Mixed Up remains 
on view thru 10/5 at Belcher 
Studios Gallery, 69 Belcher; 
call for times, 626-8917. Mark 
Johnson is also participating 
in Open Studios; the directo¬ 
ry exhibition will be open 
10/5-29 at SOMAR Gallery, 
934 Brannan. 


by Michelle Brodie 

I n week two of the 1995 SF 
Women’s Flag Football fall 
season, the Girlfriends 
slugged it out against Fear 
This in a rematch of last year’s 
championship game. It was a tight 
defensive struggle until the sec¬ 
ond quarter, when the Girlfriends’ 
Kim Green ran it in for a touch¬ 
down from five yards out. The 
extra point was good. Late in the 
fourth quarter Fear This got on the 
board with a 15-yard pass from 
Jill Brophy to Vicki Martin. Fear 
This failed to convert the extra 
point and lost the game 7-6. 

The second game was a thriller 
between the Rebels and a revived 
and tough Posse team. Marg 
Williams of the Posse had another 
great day as she made many 
impressive catches. Posse team 
drove downfield in the second 


quarter, mostly on passes to 
Williams, and then scored on a 
pass to Williams from about 40 
yards out. 

The Rebels answered, howev¬ 
er, when quarterback Laura 
Carpenter ran it in from the 1-yard 
line. With just seconds to go 
before the half, the Posse team 
launched a desperation pass for a 
touchdown to Chewy before a 
confused Rebels defense. The 
score remained Posse 13; Rebels 6 
until late in the fourth quarter, 
when a pumped-up Rebels 
defense sacked a Posse quarter¬ 
back in their own end zone for a 
safety. The Posse team was then 
forced to kick to the Rebels from 
their own 20, giving the Rebels 
good field position. Carpenter 
then hit Michelle Brodie on a 
short pass that Brodie ran all the 
way to the 1-yard line. Carpenter 
then hit Brodie in the end zone on 


the following play, boosting the 
Rebels to a 14-13 lead. Posse tried 
to come back, but the Rebels 
defense held them. Final score: 
Rebels 14; Posse 13. 

In game three, the Cafe was all 
over Marcellos, handing the new 
team its first loss. The Cafe scored 
on two touchdown passes from 
Maureen Hogan to Maria Ramu 
and Mar Stevens. Stevens made a 
leaping catch in front of two 
defenders for her score. Cafe 
scored its last touchdown on a 10- 
yard run by Hogan. Final Score: 
Cafe 19; Marcellos 0. 

In the final game, IJ’s ham¬ 
mered the Warriors 34-0. IJ’s 
scored on touchdown passes to 
Tie, Neal, DeCosta (who had two) 
and Costa. The Warriors had a 
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By Versatile, Skilled 
Gdlkg Oak CMT. From Strong 
to Sensual. Greg * 547-1364 

___E39 

Sensual, Deep Massage by Nude 
Muscular, Handsome 28 y/o CMT. 
Swedish & Erotic Massage on 
Table * Jeff CMT * 553-8804 

_E39 



John, c.m.t. 


386-0152, $35/hr., $45/1-1/2 hour 
Body Electric Graduate since 1986 


STRONG, SENSITIVE 

EAST BAY 

Swedish, Deep Tissue 
Certified. Fit, Gdlkng Man 
$45, Jim * (510) 644-1625 

___E39 

Goodlooking! All-American! 
GWM, 51 Yrs. Young! $35 In/Out 

NUDE! EROTIC! 

FULL-BODY! CALL! 

Charles! Pager # 201-4656 
Any BART Station! All of SFI! 

.. _E38 

6’4” 160# Erik 824-2667 

S.F. HOTELS 



Sensitive, Strong Touch 
MASSAGE IN MARIN 

Swedish/Esalen & Shiatsu 
Steven, CMT * 459-7809 

_E42 

Strong massage given by hand¬ 
some Latin stud $60 In/Call me in 
daytime. Sergio 415*771-7924^ 

Sensual Nude Massage 
Complete Relief * 621-7525 ^ 

Mass. Nude Muscular Sexy & 
Playful. $40 * 387-9451 

ln .-2^p« 25 Y/U 621 -7525 
Nude and Experienced f 

24 Hr. Mass.,Smooth, Muscular 
Hot, Playful * 387-9451 


Call free HOTLINE for info: 4151755-4559 


COMPLETE MASSAGE 

BY YOUNG ASIAN 
CALL: 280-8793 Pager. Dzun^ 

Great Touch * Erotic 
Daniel * 621-7525 * 24 Hours 


USE A RUBBER!! 

_E40 

STROKE IT LONG, STROKE IT 
HARD. STROKE IT ON THE 
ROOF OR IN THE YARD 

JUST PLAY SAFE, SANE 
AND CONSENSUAL!! 


JEFF GIBSON 

CMT 

626-7095 
$50 

"l‘ve had hundreds of massages 
before and yours is the best- the 
best of the best!" 

Joe Marchal, Olympic athlete 

• Deep Tissue • Swedish 

• Sportsmassage • Cross Fiber 

• Neuromuscular Therapy • Trigger Point 

• Soft Tissue Release • PNF Stretches 



Sensual Therapeutic Massage For 

TOTAL TENSION RELIEF 

Swedish tantric zen shiatsu reiki 

6'4" 160 ERIK CMT 824-2667 


Relaxing, Sensual Massage 

RELEASE 

Tension Into the Hands Of 
A Muscular Bodyworker 
Rick *(415) 621-2142 

___£38 

Hot, Muscular, Nude., Sexy & 
Playful * 387-9451 

E38 



Strong, Gentle Hairy 
10 years experience 
Great Sense of Touch 


4l5"873-8029 



PLEASURE IS YOURS 

MASSEUR offers strong hands, 
sensitive touch, warm studio. 
Convenient Castro Location 
Days & Evenings 

TODD 415/861-9909 



Just Between You and Me. 

Full-Body Relief: $40/Hour 
Call Skyler (415) 255-6105 
In Calls/Table Van Ness/Market 

_E38 

Sensual Nude Massage - Brad 
Upper Van Ness • 715-6410 



Rod 35 190 6*2" 

$25/hr 824-6590 


San Jose-Pro. Swed. Massage 
$30/Hr $45/ ■ y 2 Hr | n Calls 
CMT-ANTHONY-(408) 288-6169 

X-Handsome 25 Y/O German 

NUDE MASSAGE 

$75 * Out * Markus 280-1476 

E39 


Erotic Sensual Mass. By ihe 

Bl NEXT DOOR 

6’2” 200 Blond/Blue Athlete 
Lay Back And Let It Happen 
Discreet. In/Out. (415) 929-7252 


HANDSOME HUNK 

Offeri.no Fuii-p^y - rotic 

Massage. New. From Midwest 
31 yo, 6Ft 180 Brn/Blue 
Jason * 860-4903 * 24 Hrs. 


HOT, HAIRY MUSCLE 

Great M’sage By Hard And 
Hairy Body * Ken* 861-1671 



TOM 

ADVENTURESOME 

Built tight, muscular and hung 
Blond man, 34, 6', 210 lbs. 
Very friendly guys 
over 30 preferred 
Sensual massage in the buff 
$45 in/$60 out 24 hrs. 

563-1302 


DEEP 


M lll'i 

|t| 

Photo: Larry Merkle 626-2267 

Swedish Massage 

Private Studio 15th/Dolores 

$45/60 min. $60/90 

min 

Tim cmt 861-6554 



Treat Yourself 
To a Great 
wedish Massage 
Own Home 


Out $75 
7-5073 


Greg King CMT, CHT 

"Quality you can feel .' 

Professional, Experienced, 
Friendly, Relaxing, 
Rejuvenating, Non-Sexual 
90 min. $55 tel. 864-2430 




Professional, Playful 
Experienced 
Holistic Touch 

$45 In/Out 

739-9120 

Kelly 



Strong 

Hands 

East Bay - SF 
Alan Thomas 

510-805-2746 

Certified 

Professional 



mSSSSSSS 




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MASSAGE 


B.A.R. CLASSIFIEDS 




COLONIC 

IRRIGATION 

7 Days • By Appointment Only 

• 241-0567 • 


A Touch of Class 
Turn Your Fantasy into Reality! 
Dynamite Massage for a Man 
Who Demands Perfection! 
Cathedral Hill Area $45 in • $60 out 

Ron 922-3250 

Leaving San Francisco 
This is Good Bye! 


Nude Swedish Massage 

SENSUOUS TOUCH 

Eric 564-6277 
$40/1N $50/0 UT 


2 Man Massage 

A Warm Table, Two Great 
Looking Men, Four Powerful 
Hands and You! 

A Two-Man Massage Team 
w/Real Looks—Real Muscle! 

SF's Most Creative Duo 
is Equipped and Ready! 

Call Muscle Endowment 

Bill + Bill $60 (415) 255-8725 


HANS 

NORWEGIAN MAN 

Wholesomely Handsome, 33 
6’, 195 lbs., great tan body 
VA hr. super massage 
in nude; Japan Center 
$45/1 n $60/Out 24 hours. 

292-2373 


PHYSICAL 

ATTRACTION 

V-handsome Scandinavian Man. 
weight lifter, friendly, 
blond/blue, 6’, 200 lb. 
Especially like small 

Asain & Latin men. 

Erotic nude 


931-3263 


San Mateo 


II Joe 


Full body massage. 
Experienced. Certified. 
$40 in, out extra. 
Late/early calls OK. 

Joe (415) 342-5035 


SENSUAL 

MASSAGE 

By Handsome, Muscular, Athletic 
Young Man * Ken * CMT. 
(415) 824-1400 * $50 ln/$60 Out 



Smooth Island Sensation 
(510) 293-7862 


Keenu cmt 


SF 

East Bay 
Marin 




Clark, CMT 

Deep Tissue 
Healing Reflexology 

675-9886 


Strong & Relaxing Massage 
for Your Body & Soul 


2Q1-4300 


Antonio 

Handsome Latino 
Hot as a Pistol! 

57", 140 lbs. 

Nice Swimmer’s Build, hot Butt 
Pleasing Full-Body Naked Rub 

Don't Delay-Call Today! 

$50/ln $65/0ut-Can Travel 

pgr (510) 883-8105 

928-0258 24 hr. 






Nude, Erotic £r Swedish Massages 

No Nonsense Affair 
A Professional Man 
For Your Body and Head 
By A Handsome Man 
6'1", 210 lbs., Blond/Blu 

Sam 885-6379 

24 HRS. 

1st Timers Welcome 





A TOUCH OF CLASS 
A RELAXING MASSAGE 

by a handsome, masculine blond, 
6^ 190, beautifully nude 
muscular body, summer tan. 
Firm, Erotic Swedish Massage 
Massage Lotion & Table, Hard to Beat it 

$45/1 n $60/Out 75 mins. 
Mike 931-0149 24 hrs. 


Bodywise Therapeutics 


Great Deep Swedish, Shiatsu, Reiki & 
Drisana Energy by 9 yr. cert, professional. 
Also teach Reiki classes. Quiet Noe Studio. 
Available daytimes. $35,%. & up. 

IMWiM 


RELAX 

But Get Aroused 

Sensual, Erotic 
Nude Massage 
by 24 y/o Handsome 
Muscular Caring Guy 

Tomas: 661-4053 


Come and Get It 
Sexy, 24, Offers Erotic 
Massage * Zak * 522-2334 


SEXY JOCK 

Handsome 24 Yr Old Gives 
Great Massage*Derek*241-1553 


Latin College Boy 615-8186 
Swedish Sensual Massage 
Nice Butt * Friendly 


Firm and 
Relaxing 
Swedish 

Full Body 
Table 

487-6363 


CATTLEMEN 

Exotic Massage by Goodlooking, 
Friendly Cowboy in The 
San Leandro - Hayward Area 
JOHN 

(510) 357-7799 


90 MINUTES FOR $35 
Swedish Massage By Good- 
Looking CMT 4 1/2 Yrs. Exper. 
Thurs, Fri, Sun * 285-8234 


BEAR THIS 

T-Shirts, Hats, Gifts, Toys 
Videos, Cards, Magazines, Etc. 
Look for Flsm St Fair Specials, 
367 9th St * 552-1506 
Open Every Day 
(Free Mag With ANY Purchase^ 


Fantastic Massage by an Old 
Pro. $35 * Roy * 626-6090 


hrimCm * C:V?T - Relaxing 
Energizing * Therapeutic 
Out Calls Available 
$40/Hr* Jim * (510) 651-2217 


Massage & More by 23 Y/O 

(800) 469-RUBB 



Dirk 863-0777 


EROTIC MASSAGE 

BLACK MUSCLE 

5’10”, 175, Hot Hard Buffed 
$60/Hr - Out Only 

280-2771 



GOLDEN BEAR 


Therapeutic + Erotic 
Deep Tissue a Specialty 
Near Castro $45/60 $55/90 
Out $70/90min 


MARKUS 864-4209 CMT 

Photo by JG Studios 864-4434 


iCaliente! 

24 y.o., Super Handsome, 
Dreamboy Latino 
with Gymnast Build, 
5’5”, 145 lbs. 
of Rock Hard Muscle! 
Certified in Switzerland 
Treat yourself to 
International Pampering! 
You deserve the best! 

$ 40/60 Paco 487*9575 



Very Cute, Young & Boyish 
Blond/Blue/Tan/Smooth 
HOT NUDE MASSAGE 
24 Hrs. * 905-4548 * $80/Up 

_ E40 

EROTIC MASSAGE 

1 1/2 Hrs - $40/1 n, $65/Out 
Older Men Welcome. Hotels 
24 Hrs * (415) 346-4677 

_ V ' _EM 

Full-Body Massage By 

TEDDY BEAR 

24 Hrs * $40 ln/$50 Out 
Hermann * 648-0604 

_EM 

WHEN YOU’RE PLAYING THIS 
WEEKEND, BE SURE TO 

WEAR RUBBERS 

THE LIFE YOU SAVE COULD BE 
YOUR OWN!! 


Sensual Massage 
6’, 175, In/Out 
(510) 658-2437 


SENSUAL MASSAGE 

Handsome 6’2. 195 Lbs, 26 y/o 

Relax & cnjOy' * 0ut 

$35*Math*487-7647*Try Me! 
Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun 


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MASSAGE 


B.A.R. CLASSIFIEDS 


In Search of the Finest 
in Sensual Massage 

Full Body 
Sensual Massage 

$30-$50 in $40-$60 out 
Discount on First Visit 

Larry 252-9597 


0S 

Relax & Unwind 

experienced, 
strong & friendly 
masseur works in 


pleasant, roomy 

\ Jl 

house near Muni, 

' m 

easy parking, quiet 

1! 

neighborhood 

Marty 

664-1568 



Sensual Msg, Escort 
& More Hot Jock 
Discount for 2 Clients 
346-7975 Kevin 
Asian Dream 




ORTHOPEDIC MASSAGE 


JACK EIMAN 
695-7808 

Deeply relaxing and very 
effective for stiff neck and 
shoulders, backpain, sporting 
injuries, computer stress, etc. 
I’ve had excellent training. 
Please call for detailed info. 
Thank you. 



LATEX IS IN! 

In Fashion and in Sex 
Wear It On Your Penis and 
On The Rest of Your Body for 
Safe, Sane, Consensual Sex 

_E44 

EastBay Comfort Warmth 
Complete Sexual Massage 
By Nude Masseur, Slender 
Bob $25 1 Hr (510) 843-4408 

_E38 

In Walnut Creek, friendly 
goodlooking Italian guy with 
strong touch. Older, married, wel¬ 
come. 9am-9PM (510) 945-6351 


ROCKRIDGE 

Swedish/Energy Recovery 
Michael CMT $40/Hour 
(510) 652-9452 


DISCOUNT MSG 

C.M.T. $20-30 775-4771 24 Hrs 

__E38 

Straight Young Masseur 

CANE 

Outcalls/Hotels -$50 
Pager: 709-1930 


Genuine Sensitivity dpISfe 

Your muscles are the (S 

focus as the strength W 

of 2 i years of piano 
technique is combined 
with Swedish and 

Aiien ^^/9442 ' ’ || 


Vi 



§oat on t/ie c Win^ 
ofanjhgte. 

& Relax in Bliss! 

22, Athletic & Mysterious! 

Swedish, Shiatsu, 
Tantalizing Tenderness 
& Deep Relaxation. 
Nathan 24 Hrs. 487-7662 




FULIBODY 

ECSTASY 


BE MANHANDLED 

FULL BODY/EROTIC 

BY FEED OR fcl/T CUV 
90-MINUTES \ $35.00 

CONCORD-WALNUT CREEK 

CALL- (5101-682-5675 

Top quality sensuous massage by 
friendly handsome, well-built Asian 
$40/90 min. Certified 

Near S.F. Airport 

Clean, Private. Easy Parking 

SHIN 415-985-5205 


Russian Hill 773-91 30 Kory ^ 




WhcM X ho^e fro/*- practice, 

He's r epi\ <(oo J «T it ! A\ V 

OaJ re.p\ c/re 

- He ll "t a k e \refil 

II set\ 4^0-12 >/<? 


(pf Jk Nurturing Touch 

W ^ M Healing Experience 

■I jm Friendly, professional, and in Palo Alto with parking. My 

JjL/ training is in Therapeytic Massage and Reflexology. SES- 

SIONS in/out designed to meet your needs and preferences. 

^ $10 per 15 minutes. Call Soon. 

| Anthony Wayne (415) 813-1334 

Jii 




Full Body 

j^^^^Massage 

EROTIC 24 HRS 

C.M.T. Call 775-4771 24 Hrs 

E3 

Good Old Fashion Massage 


uommon bense bKinrui 

Funloving, Full-Body 

Swedish Deep Tissue Sport 

Out Only Ken (415) 865-0385^ 

Nurturing Bodywork 

90 min $50 CMT 

Bob 923-8582 



Give Yourself a Gift 

Enjoy a Soothing, Relaxing and 
Nurturing Swedish Massage 

caii Walter, civiT.at 
(415) 285-5704 


GREAT MASSAGE 


Great Playtime, Great Body 
Great Time Nude * 387-9451 

_E38 

Sai-Gon-Place 

Sai-Gon-Boy 

Face & Full-Body Massage by 
Vietnamese & French 
Toan - 635-8562 - $60 


EAST BAY BEAR 

Gives nude erotic massage. 
Hndsm, healthy hands & 
looks of a lumberjack! 

Andy (510) 481-2513 
Late O.K.! 


GREAT MASSAGE BY 
FITNESS TRAINER! 

*Swedish*Acupressure * 
Reflexology*Sports Massage 
Friendly, Professional CMT 
Scott * (415) 552-5020 


Hot Nude Sensual Massage 
by Handsome 28; Sexy, Built 
& Friendly. Jeff CMT 553-8804 

_ _;_E39 

Massage ‘n Play. I’m handsome, 
hung ‘n fun. Tony * 487-1959 


YES, ~ YOU CAN NAVE IT ALU 



MY HOME IS MY TEMPLE; YOUR TABLE, A SHRINE. 



Deep Tissue, Full Body 
by Strong, Smooth, 
Handsome Masseur. 
Total Relaxing 

10 am -11 pm Certified. 
At Market/Church in/out. 
60 min. $35 / 90 min. $50. 


Call Carl 861-3380 



SONOMA COUNTY 

35, Bld/Gm Strong 
1 Hr. 9 am - 9 pm 
Doug (707) 837-8000 

SEXY ASIAN 

$60 JIM 267*1817 

Head To Toe 
Massage by Young Asian 
Hung 605-7327/$60 


EROTIC 

Attractive, Masculine, 27 

Offers Relaxing 
Total Body Massage 



Fantasy 

5sfa«aiSS.JS§^3 

Deep Tissue Swedish 
Prostate Complete Relief 
Have Table; In/Out; Will Travel 
Bay Area; Have Nice Blue Eyes, 
Muscular Build 
Cortland (415) 252-8001 


MODELS/ESCORTS 


Personal Touch 

Therapeutic & Erotic 
Deep, Satisfying Massage 
Certified & Discreet 

Daniel 6264192 Eves/Wknds 


ENJOY and RELAX 

with a 24 yo LATIN SHIP” 
out/in by CARLOS 
(415) 865-0167 
pgr (415) 220-9207 


The Way You Want It! 

Conveniant Location 
In/Out. $50 

DAVID 

621-3719 

ZUSMUNtcI/ 


TALL, HOT, HAIRY, HAND¬ 
SOME, HORSE-HUNG, 
6’3”M 195 LBS., BR/BLU 
BEEFY, LONG-LASTING STUD 

DAVID * 863-4847 

_E39 

6’2”, 235 Lbs., Blk BB, Super 
Safe Exhib Muscle Worship 
52” C, 21" A, Mega Dk 

11X8” 863-4847 

Or Dble Up With My Tall, Hry, 
Hung, Buddie. Straight/Bi O.K.^ 


Asian Full-Body Massage.Out 
Call San Jose *Miki (408) 787-0667 

___E44 

SWEDISH, CMT 

Castro Area In $40 1 1/2 Hrs 
Out $50 1 1/2 Hr Bob 522-2371 



HIRED MAN 

Hunky,Clean-Cut, Versatile 
Hot Butt & Rod Lug Nuts 
6’4”, 195#, Blond/Blu Hairy 
Tools and Toys. 24 Hours 
LUKE * Pager:(415) 605-4013^ 

22yr Old Blk Stud 
Good Old Fashioned Horse 
Style Session Lean Hung 
and Handsome. 

Out Only Top $60 CEDRIC 
Pager (510) 639-6576 

Very Handsome, Sexy Jewish 
Gorgeous Butt, Eyes & Lips 
Well-Equipped,5’IT, 165, 29 y/o 
Mainly Top, but Versatile 
Ron 560-0564 Page me twice pis 


STALLION 

BR: 807-5690 


TOP DRAWER 

Well-Bred, Dominant Stud: 
Handsome Face, Athletic 
Body & Bulging Boxers. 

24 Y/O $125 & Up. Indulge 
in a Peak Experience! 
905-8838. Call-back Required.^ 


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MODELS/ESCORTS 


B.A.R. CLASSIFIEDS 




FRAT MAN 

Masculine, Horse-Hung Jock 
Atheltic Build*Friendly 
Dominant • Verbal • Long Lasting 

Craig 415-861-7399 $80 


PORN SUPERSTAR 


Anything Goes 
CUTE, SOUTHERN BOY 
Call Alec @ 220-6357 

BUTTPLAY TOP 

Handsome, Masculine Top. 
Young, Clean-Cut, Athletic 
Type. Available for the 
Manly Art of Buttplay. 

All Levels of Experience - 
' Sensual Fingers to Fists. 
Page Jim (415) 923-4651 

Here For Your Pleasure 
And Fantasies! * Shane 
921-7517* In or Out 


LONG RANGER 

Very Muscular Top 
Call LaSalle (415) 431-5923 

_ ' _E38 

Ballsy Punk Son, Blonde 8” 

MAN BOY 

Experienced*Assertive*Fun 
WS, FF, Feet, Loads * 709-0403 

_E38 

Hairy Muscle * Elec. Pump! 

VAC. PUMPER 

(415) 864-0999 • Grow Hugely 

22, Blond, Long Hair, Cute 
6 ’, Hung 8” * 522-1736 * Out 


X-L0NG X-THICKT0P 

HANDSOME WELL BUILT 
Clean Cut 

EASY GOING TOPMAN 

Vince 861-SEXX $75 


TALL, BLOND 

& Handsome 
Scott * 207-1400 
Eve. & Wkns. Only 


Escort Good Looking Asian 
(Cambodian) 27, 57”, 135 & 6" 
Sean * 789-8090 * $70/$90 


Hunky, Handsome, 32, 9X6” 

NEEDS SERIOUS HEAD 

Out Calls * 527-2842 * Mike 


Show & Tell - New Ad -Ready!!!!! 

THE 9X7 CLUB 

Hot, Sexy, Handsome Stud 
Experience the Total Package 
Nice Body & Great Personality 
Dominant Top. Available 24 Hrs. 
TONY * (415) 861 -SEXX*$85.00 


5’9, 160#, Yng, Hndsm, Athletic 

COCKY BADBOY 

42” Chest, 8” Cock, Big Ego 
Dark & Hunky FTRS 487-9234 
Into Most Dominant Scenes 


Extremely Goodlooking 

19Y/0 ASIAN 

Joe * 709-7174 


20 Y/O ITALIAN BOY 

Very Cute and Athletic 
Hot Butt and Body 
Pager: 837-9456 


ATOBNfl nODE! I 

THE POWERFUL MASTER in Town 
HOT, HAIRY, DOMINANT 

Experienced, Most Scenes 

Fully Stocked Private Playroom 


DOMINANT BEAR 

Coverman Mack Avail. Escort 
Orlando Bearfest * 837-9266 


29 Yr Old Cute, Hung 8X6 
5’10”, 150, Versatile, Sexy 
Goatee, Hot Smooth Chest 
JAKE * Page 709-0338 


IN FROM BOSTON 

September 21-26 
HUNG EXTRA THICK 

5’10” 170 Lbs, Dark Brown/Br 
Cauc, Very Goodlooking 
Solid Muscle, Smooth Body 
Washboard Abs, 26 Years 
10.5” Cut by 6” 
1-800-985-0561 * Todd 
Enter Phone Number, # Sign 

_ E36 

New Ad Hung Young Smooth 
5’9”, 145, Lots of Fun 
Pager: 739-3296 * Skip ^ 

Tit & Nipple Massage * Kory 
Complete Relief * 773-9130 


HOT TEEN STUD 

Gorgeous 18 y.o. Blond/Blue 
Lean, Smooth, Well-Hung 
70-100 * Byron * Pgr: 245-4325 

New Ad! 

Young, Smooth And Sexy 
Asian-Hawaiian Hunk 
Keith * (415) 739-8498 Pager 

___E38 

SERIOUS MUSCLE 

Real B.B., Thick, Ripped! 
Handsome, Hung 9” * 337-4364 

E38 


MAN FOR HIRE 

Hairy Chest, Sexy Eyes 
Buzzed Head, 35 Y/O, Top 
Tender & Passionate ... or... 

Down & Dirty. Always Fun 
$100+Up * Bryan * 560-9478 ^ 

Distinguished Age 40 
Handsome Hung 8” And Thick! 
$60 * DAVE * 922-3924 


High Colonics *241-0567 


MAN WITH A FIST * TOYS 

Give It Up to Nick • Nob Hill 
I’m Great w/Beginners*885-1471^ 

Handsome, 6’4”, 160 # 

ASIAN BUDDY 

$80 + Up. Erik * 824-2667 


DAD & SON 

Dad 43 Likes to Watch Son 
Take It. Son, 23, Bottom 
Very Well Trained Will Do 
As You Ask As Long As It 
Is Safe. 289-9617 
All Calls Will Be Returned 


EROTIC 

Watch me strip at your place. 
Enjoy the show as I sit on your 
face. Rocky, 19, smooth, 
attractive gym-toned 
swimmer’s build 
Versatile. Pager: 280-8002 


24 HRS, 22 & WILD!!! 

All fantasies taken, strip tease, 
massage! Great body, Loving 
Integrity * 487-7662 


Buffed, Uninhibited Man-Boy 

HEAD TRIPS 

8”, Heavy Low-Hangers, Blond 
Hot, Verbal Training Sessions 
Toys, WS, FF, Feet * 709-0403 


T 

TON 487-1296 


HAIRY BUTCH 
STUDBOY 

Strait, Rugged & Nasty 
Hung Big/Tight End 
(415) 807-6663 

___E3 

You Hungry For Asian? 

I’m Well Hung, Smooth & Hot! 
Call Me: 605-0281. In & Out 


ITALIAN BODY 

Body Builder, 230 Lbs. 
61”, 50” Ch, 20” A 
25 Years Old 
From Italy 

207-9337 


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Best Lay - Low Pay 

Secret 


‘Top’ 


One of the -- 

Butt-Busting Tools of the Trade 

865-0144 


S/M SENSUALITY 

-long, & slow-my specialty. 
6’2”, 185, strong, gymtoned 
master into all aspects & 
degrees of leatherplay. 
S/M, B&D, FF, WS, raunch. 
Lord 431 -0959 


IF YOU LIKE 'EM HUNG 
THEN I'M THE ONE! 

Hot guy next door treats you right! 
Br. hair, Br. eyed. 

Horsehung Top Studpoker. 24 Hrs. 

Buddy $85 (415) 861-7399 


844-4777 


$1.99 min. 18+ 


Bay Area: 
ext. Ill 
L.A. Area: 
ext. 900 


ITALIAN STUD-NEW AD! 

Tight, Built, Laid-Back, Lean 
Smooth & Masculine. Best of all 
Hung...Like a Stallion! 
Mario $85* (415) 255-8677 


New Ad! 

18 YEAR OLD 

Lean Hot Sensual Smooth 
I Love To Use My Hands 
Page Eric * 749-9384 


ColtModel 

Very Handsome + Rugged 
Extremely Defined + Muscular 
For appt. call pgr 739 6655 


Around Town or Around Me 
Bay Area Bread Butch Boy 
Fun, Safe, Drug-Free, 24 Hours 
In/Out * $75 * Jeff * 931-0524 


FOOT FETISH STUD 

6’2”, Handsome 26 y/o, Hot! 
Size 14 Feet, Gimme a Try! 
Explore Your Fantasies* 35 
Matt * 487-7647*2-10PM*Out 
Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun 

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29 Yr Old Cute, Hung 8X6” 
5’10”, 150, Versatile, Sexy 
Goatee, Hot Smooth Chest 
Jake * Page: 709-0338 


ENGLISH BOY 

TAKES IT NICE OR 
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27 BR/HAZ 135lbs Slim Smooth 
Muscular Bottom Daytime 
Rates M-F Mathew 
(408)271-7118 


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5’9” 165 HOT PISTOL 

A Handsome Muscular 
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(510) 352-4945 


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6’1”, 180#, Br/Gr, Goatee 

VIC * 978-7220 

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Passion & More W/ Willing 
Guys. Out Only. 247-9265 


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“Young, Hot Butt**Hungry * * 
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__E41 

21, Sexy, Hairy & Thick! 
Sexually Sharing * 282-HOT-F 


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Big Dick * 776-8481 

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Call: 775-4771 * 24 Hours 


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RIC* 457-9044 


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8 X6 * Call 675-9911 


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* Exceptional Good Looks! * 
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Page Nick: 678-1153 


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865-0144 


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San 

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belies the little boy 
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bpr 415-708-2222 


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30.00 Will Barter 

1-707-529-7454 


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$150 Out * Pgr: 527-0083 

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$70 Hr., $30 each ad. 1/2 hour. 


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Chad * (408) 286-5336 ^ 

Nasty Rough & Cuff 487-9234 

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___§38 

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Pgr: 280-3735. Ph: 860-7311 


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Alan * (415) 626-7410 


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E39 


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* _~_§38 

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___§38 

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_§38 

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608-1356 

_§39 

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Open to all-safe-desires! 
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24, 5 ' 9 ", LtBm/Blu 
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BRETT: Pgr. 739-9854 


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Masc. 35 Y/O Top *605-1383 

___§38 

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_§38 

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Call: Steve * (415) 333-4304 

UNCUT 

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24 * 522-2925 


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2 STR8 HNDSOME BLK TOPS 
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_____§38 

Sexy, Bi Rock-Hard, Hung 
Top Stud, 32 y/o, 5’11”, 165lbs, 
Smooth Body, Well-Built 

10X6” 

Ric * 457-9044 


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